More than 300,000 children dragged into benefit cuts
More than 300,000 poorer children will be hit by a new benefit cap coming in next week, a new study warns with some families set to lose more than £100 a week.
The Government is being urged to rethink a dramatic lowering of the controversial household limit on social security payments, or face a devastating surge in poverty and homelessness.
The lower cap £23,000 in London and £20,000 outside the capital was announced by George Osborne last year, but will not come into force until next Monday, just weeks before Christmas.
Now research by the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has found the numbers who will be affected is significantly higher than the Government expects. Pressing ahead will fly in the face of Theresa May’s promise, in her Conservative conference speech la...