General view of notes and coins The number of families affected by the benefit cap, which limits how much any one household can receive in total benefits, rose by 93% between February to May due to Covid-19, the Government has confirmed.
Statistics released by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that 154,000 households had their benefits capped in May, and that the rise from February represents the biggest single increase in the number of capped households since the policy was launched in April 2013.
Of those now affected by the cap, 52,000 are single parents with at least one […]
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