94% of households hit by Benefit Cap include children – and it’s about to get worse

‘New figures published by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) reveal 94% of households hit by the controversial benefit cap include at least one child, with more than half of those affected being a single parent with a child aged 0-4 years old.
The data also shows that 67% of capped households, as of August 2016, were single-parent families and 78% of these have at least one child aged under 5 years. This included 2,200 single parents (17%) with a child aged under 1 year.
In total, 60% of all households hit by the benefit cap had between 1 and 4 children, while 35% had 5 or more children.’
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