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Benefit Cap - reduction from benefits other than HB
Hello
I haven’t come across many people effected by the current benefit cap and those I have, have only lost from their HB. When the reduced cap comes in I anticipate people effected by the current cap will reduce by more than their HB amount. Is this taken from IS/JSA/ESA next?
Is this happening already where people are more than their rent above the £500 cut off? I seem to remember that was the intention but didn’t happen immediately when the first cap came in (I think because the DWP weren’t ready) so people just got their HB capped.
The benefits cap doesn’t bite into other legacy benefits - just HB. It can’t reduce IS/JSA/ESA.
It’s different for UC - there the whole award subject is to the cap (it’s not limited to just the housing element).
The benefits cap doesn’t bite into other legacy benefits - just HB. It can’t reduce IS/JSA/ESA.
It’s different for UC - there the whole award subject is to the cap (it’s not limited to just the housing element).
And unfortunately these (very few) UC/BC cases are the ones that the DWP is unable to share the details of, with a LA when the newer lower cap comes in…..so stopping homelessness in these cases is going to be more difficult.