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Benefit Cap (Report on Abolition) Bill

A Bill to require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the likely effects of the abolition of the benefit cap, including on levels of absolute and relative poverty, poor mental health, food bank use, borrowing of money from friends and family, evictions from homes and problem debt, and on different groups including women, lone parents and people from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds; and for connected purposes.

The story so farThe Benefit Cap (Report on Abolition) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 2 March 2022 by David Linden (Scottish National Party). It is now at second reading in the House of Commons. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.

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Source: the official bill page. Last updated 29 Apr 2022.