#benefit caps

The UK’s welfare benefits cap of £26,000 per year – the income of the average working family

Since the cap was introduced a year ago, more than 38,600 households have had the amount they are paid in benefits limited to £26,000 a year – the income of the average working family.

Despite predictions by critics that the new rule would cause misery, the poll – conducted by Ipsos Mori – found that 45 per cent of those affected say they have been spurred to return to work.

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