{"id":46133,"date":"2014-08-07T10:54:23","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T10:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=aab024c7a8bef5d7320252e923580ed9"},"modified":"2014-08-07T10:54:23","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T10:54:23","slug":"press-release-benefit-cap-10000-people-find-jobs-or-stop-claiming-housing-benefit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=46133","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Benefit cap: 10,000 people find jobs or stop claiming Housing Benefit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New official statistics show that in more than 7,370 households where the benefit cap has been applied someone has found a job, and a further 2,320 households have stopped their Housing Benefit claim altogether.<\/p>\n

This means more than 500 people affected by the cap have moved into employment every month on average since the introduction of the policy last April \u2013 as people can no longer get more in benefits than the equivalent of an average household income of \u00a334,000 before tax.<\/p>\n

Capping benefits is a vital part of the government\u2019s long-term economic plan to reward hardworking people and restore fairness to the welfare system.<\/p>\n

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith, said:<\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s figures show that if we had not introduced the cap, more than 2,000 households would each have received over \u00a310,000 a year more in benefits than the average taxpayer earns.<\/p>\n

By capping benefits we are putting a stop to these runaway benefit claims and returning fairness to the system.<\/p>\n

This government is fixing the broken welfare system we inherited, ensuring that it always pays more to be in work, and thereby encouraging thousands of people to move off benefits and into jobs.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Today\u2019s figures also show:<\/p>\n