The government insisted the number had risen in proportion with overall benefit claims, which have exploded due to Covid-19. But campaigners said the cap was “obsolete” as there are few jobs or alternative homes to move to. Others may have been newly capped because the uplift in Universal Credit and Local Housing Allowances may have pushed them over the cap limit. "Families are being capped at a time when the shrinking labour market leaves them little or no hope of finding extra hours or new jobs to escape the cap." It is meant to push families on benefits into work or encourage them to move to a smaller flat.

Source: Daily Mirror November 26, 2020 16:24 UTC