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The benefit cap is a UK welfare policy that limits the amount in state benefits that an individual household can claim per year. It was introduced by the Cameron–Clegg coalition government in 2013 [1] as part of the coalition government's wide-reaching welfare reform agenda which included the introduction of Universal Credit and reforms of housing benefit and disability benefits.
The welfare cap was supported by nearly all Members of Parliament, passing by 520–22. [8] During the vote on the 2014 United Kingdom budget that introduced the welfare cap, the policy was supported by the Labour shadow cabinet but thirteen Labour MPs opposed it, including future party Leader Jeremy Corbyn, future Deputy Leader Tom Watson, future Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell and future ...
At Labour’s Autumn Budget, Rachel Reeves lifted the welfare cap set by the Conservatives for the 2024/25 from £146 billion to £162.5 billion after taking into account the OBR’s forecast ...
Liz Kendall wants to make the biggest change to the welfare system in a decade ... The £137.4bn welfare cap set by the previous government for 2024-25 is on course to be exceeded by £8.6bn.
These tables are lists of social welfare spending as a percentage of GDP compiled by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") into the OECD Social Expenditure Database which "includes reliable and internationally comparable statistics on public and mandatory and voluntary private social expenditure at programme level." [1]
However, as mentioned above, the effects on childbirth have been inconclusive. A New Jersey study found that there was an estimated reduction of 14,000 births. However, a 2001 study found that the effects of the family cap policies were inconclusive, without any finding of a reduction on out-of-wedlock birth, welfare caseload, or abortions.
This year's soaring inflation rate has all but assured that in 2023, Social Security recipients will get their highest cost-of-living adjustment in 41 years. Based on the latest consumer price ...
As of 2023, the government's expenditure on social programme and welfare was approximately ₹ 21.3 lakh crore (US$250 billion), which was 8.3% of gross domestic product (GDP). [78] In 2020, the expenditure was ₹ 17.1 lakh crore (equivalent to ₹ 20 trillion or US$230 billion in 2023), accounting for 7.7% of GDP.