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Tens of thousands more households with children impacted by benefit cap
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TENS of thousands more households, the majority of which include children, have been impacted by the benefit cap, the latest official figures revealed today.

There were a total of 123,000 households across Britain who had their benefits capped as of May, figures showed.

This was up by 61 per cent — 46,000 more households — since the previous quarter.

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