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<p>The Government firmly believes that there has to be a limit on working-age benefits
the state should provide to households. It is not reasonable or fair for taxpayers
to pay for people to live on out of work benefits at higher incomes than they themselves
receive from work. Exemptions to the cap apply for those in work and the most vulnerable
claimants. £180 million has been made available for Local Authorities in 2020/21 to
use Discretionary Housing Payments to address shortfalls arising from the benefit
cap where they deem this justified.</p><p> </p><p>DWP Secretary of State has a statutory
obligation to review the levels of the benefit cap at least once in each Parliament
unless an early election is called, as in 2019. A review will take place at an appropriate
point in the future.</p>
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