Thursday, 18 July 2013

Q&A: The Benefits Cap and You

The government says that households claiming benefits should be no better off than the average family in work.  The result is the benefits cap, which has been rolled out across England, Scotland and Wales from 15 July. It will limit how much any one household can receive in state benefits. All households will be capped by the end of September 2013.But who will be affected, and how? The BBC has published a set of simple questions and answers that summarise the key issues of the changes.

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