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Budget: Housing benefit to be capped
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Housing benefit payments are to be limited to £280 a week for a flat and £400 a week for a house.
The chancellor said the caps were needed because the cost of the payments had risen 50% to £21bn in 10 years.
He said some families were receiving £104,000 a year in housing benefit and that certain awards would be reduced.
Other reforms planned included re-setting and restricting local housing allowances and re-adjusting support for mortgage interest payments.
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