LRD guides and handbook March 2015

State benefits and tax credits 2015

Chapter 1

The Benefit Cap

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There is now a limit on the total amount of benefit that most people aged 16 to 64 can get. This is called the Benefit Cap and it came into force in 2013. It applies to the total amount that the people in your household get from the following benefits: