Scrap benefit cap to lift 150,000 children out of poverty, says charity

Suspension of cap on universal credit would cost less than summer’s ‘eat out to help out’ scheme

About 150,000 children in the UK could be lifted out of severe poverty practically overnight for less than the cost of the “eat out to help out” scheme if the government scrapped or suspended the benefit cap, campaigners have claimed.

Estimates by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) charity show that 35,000 jobless households will be capped this month, drastically limiting the amount of social security benefits they can receive, and plunging many into – or deeper into – poverty.

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