Benefits

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This judgement concerns a successful judicial review challenge to the legality of the benefit cap with respect to carers.

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Each claim concerned Part 8A of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 which was inserted by Regulation 2 of the Benefit Cap (Housing Benefit) Regulations 2012. The statutory provisions which enable Regulations to be made to impose the cap are contained in Sections 96 and 97 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.

A £30 a week ESA cut will have a devastating effect on disabled people be a barrier rather than an incentive to find work

Impact of the removal of the work related activity component payment on disabled people

Precise cut: