Tens of thousands more households with children impacted by benefit cap
TENS of thousands more households, the majority of which include children, have been impacted by the benefit cap, the latest official figures revealed today.
There were a total of 123,000 households across Britain who had their benefits capped as of May, figures showed.
This was up by 61 per cent — 46,000 more households — since the previous quarter.
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