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The High Court has ruled today that the application of the benefit cap to lone parents with children under two is unlawful because it discriminates both against the children and their parents.
The case was brought by four lone parent families and challenged the revised benefit cap introduced by the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016, a flagship policy of the Conservatives that the Government may now be be forced to change.
The Government is appealing the court’s decision.
