Single Parents Hit Hardest By Benefit Cap

A limit on the total amount of benefits that can be claimed by a household is hitting single parents hardest, according to early figures.  Statistics from the first four areas where the cap has been introduced show that at the end of May 2,432 households had been affected, of which 1,897 were single parent households.  The figures also show nearly half of the affected households are in just one of the four areas.  Forty eight per cent of the households were in Enfield, compared with 6 per cent in Bromley, 20 per cent in Croydon, and 26 per cent in Haringey.  Download the statistics from the GOV.UK website.