Charter for Budget Responsibility

David Nuttall Excerpts

Wednesday 26th March 2014 Commons Chamber

[Mr Osborne]

I will give way in a moment.

It was not fair that many out-of-work families received more as an income in welfare than the average family got from going out to work, so we capped the total benefits that one family can receive at £26,000. Thirty-six thousand households are now subject to the cap.

[Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con)]

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[Sheila Gilmore]

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