benefit cap

Opinion: Removing The Universal Credit Uptick Is Kicking People While They Are Down

The benefit cap has caused misery and hardship for countless families, writes Shelter's Polly Neate.
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Covid 'Devastating' Families As 60% Of Single Parents Claim Universal Credit

Chancellor Rishi Sunak now faces calls to lift the benefit cap or risk a fresh child poverty crisis.
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Lone Parents And Children Lose Supreme Court Challenge Against Controversial Benefit Cap

The “discriminatory” cap targets the wrong people, campaigners say.
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The Benefit Cap Is Leaving Single Parents And Children In Poverty – It Must Be Scrapped

The government's own figures show the majority of single parents are not securing work to escape the cap, instead leaving them exposed to eviction and poverty
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