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<p>The exclusion of child related benefits would undermine one of the key drivers
for introducing the benefit cap that ultimately, there has to be a limit to the overall
amount of financial support that households in receipt of out of work benefits can
expect to receive in welfare payments. Child related benefits including Child Benefit,
like other welfare benefits, are provided by the state and funded by tax payers. The
Government believes it is right that it is taken into account along with other state
benefits when applying the cap.</p>
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