CHILD poverty campaigners called on Prime Minister Liz Truss today to scrap the “truly catastrophic” benefit cap as the most vulnerable households are being left to struggle with the cost-of-living crisis.

Those whose benefits are capped will on average be left £65 a week worse off from April than they would be if there was no such limit, according to the Child Action Poverty Group.

About 120,000 households whose benefits are already capped, containing some 300,000 children, will not see any rise when benefits are increased next April in line with the current inflation rate, the campaign group said.