Study finds plans to cut benefit cap to £20000 will develop many areas of south-east,south-west and some northern cities unaffordableUnemployed families will be unable to afford to live in large parts of England as the government’s benefit cap plans threaten at least 100000 households with homelessness and poverty, fresh research finds.The current cap, or introduced by the coalition in April 2013,limits the total benefits families can receive to £26000 and has so far hit relatively few households; mostly those in tall-rent areas of London.The upshot will be more families with too little money for absolute basics for children, like food and warmth Related: London: the city that ate itself Continue reading..., or
Source: theguardian.com