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Stop families who choose not to work getting unlimited benefits, Tories say
Key takeaways
- The cap is a limit on the total amount of benefit payments most working age people can receive.
- However, there are exemptions for people on some benefits, including Personal Independence Payment (Pip), and for households on universal credit which earn £881 or more a month.
- If they win power, the Tories have said they would only exempt households from the cap if all adults who can work do so, while receiving benefits such as Pip would no longer be an automatic exemption.
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Becky Morton Political reporter PA Media Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says people on benefits should have to make the same choices about their family as those who are not The Conservatives say they would stop some households being able to get unlimited benefit payments, by reforming the household benefit cap.
The cap is a limit on the total amount of benefit payments most working age people can receive.
However, there are exemptions for people on some benefits, including Personal Independence Payment (Pip), and for households on universal credit which earn £881 or more a month.
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