LRD guides and handbook March 2013

State benefits and tax credits 2013

Chapter 1

The Benefit Cap

From April 2013 a limit will be put on the total amount of benefit that most people aged 16 to 64 can get. This is called the Benefit Cap. Initially, this will only affect people in four council areas: Bromley, Croydon, Enfield, Haringey. All other areas will introduce the cap by the end of September 2013.