Poorest families to lose out on £210 a year owing to benefits cap

Resolution Foundation analysis shows freeze imposed in 2015 is hitting low-income households with children

Low-income families are to lose out on an extra £210 a year from next April because of the cap on benefits imposed by George Osborne in 2015, despite Theresa May’s claim that austerity is over.

Working-age benefits, including child benefit and tax credits, would usually be uprated in line with inflation, which is expected to be confirmed next week at about 2.7% in the benchmark month of September.

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