Thousands in UK face benefits cut
Tens of thousands of struggling families on universal credit will be told in the run-up to Christmas their benefit payments are to be capped leaving them potentially hundreds of pounds a month worse off and at risk of destitution.
Many claimants who lost their jobs in March under the first coronavirus lockdown and have been unemployed since will be informed in December by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) that their benefits will be slashed unless they find work.
If they are capped, these households face benefit income losses averaging about £250 a month from January. For some families living in high rent areas such as London, being capped could leave them several hundred pounds a month out of pocket.
Official figures published on Thursday show 170,000 hou...