The Benefits Cap: Is it Working? Panorama : Season 65 Episode 13
BBC One 40m int(0)
Aired: April 5th, 2017 @ 8:30 PM EST on BBC One
How far should we go to force unemployed people back into work? Tens of thousands of families on benefits have had their payments cut as part of a radical government policy. Out-of-work benefits used to be assessed on need, but now payments in most of the country are capped at £20,000 a year. Panorama follows parents who have lost hundreds of pounds a month and are struggling to keep their homes - knowing that to escape the benefit cap they will have to find a job.