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House of Commons library briefing on benefit cap and proposed reduction to £23,000
New briefing explains how the cap operates and considers evidence of its impact to date before going on to consider the proposal to reduce the cap from £26,000 to £23,000 per year and the potential impact of this on claimants -
http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN06294
Am I right in thinking that there are no proposals to lower the £350 p/w part of the Cap for single people? I haven’t noticed any mention of this aspect anywhere.
Am I right in thinking that there are no proposals to lower the £350 p/w part of the Cap for single people? I haven’t noticed any mention of this aspect anywhere.
Maybe the reduction is an inherent assumed proportional one?
The figures appear separately in the uprating tables but I’d guess that there will be a rounded proportional reduction for single people as well.