DWP Confirms Benefit Cap to Be Trialled in 4 London Boroughs

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that the benefits cap will be introduced across four London boroughs in April.  Bromley, Croydon, Enfield and Haringey will be the first areas in the country hit with the change, with the cap being rolled out across the rest of the country during the summer. The DWP has allocated £100 million in Discretionary Housing Payments to help support vulnerable people affected by this change. The DWP said the benefits cap would be in place across the whole country “by summer 2013”, rather than from April as previously planned. Read more on the DWP website.