Benefits cap rolled out nationwide

The Government's controversial benefits cap is now fully in place across the country, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has announced.

The cap - which limits benefits to £500 a week for couples and lone parents and £350 a week for single adults - is a key plank of Mr Duncan Smith's welfare reforms. It is expected to affect about 40,000 households.
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