Sentence examples for total amount of benefit from inspiring English sources

Osborne announces limit on the total amount of benefit that a family can receive.

The cap restricts the total amount of benefit a household can receive to £20,000 – or £23,000 in London, down from the existing limit of £26,000 across the country.

The very question over what a workless family has a right to receive from society – the welfare bill proposes "a cap on the total amount of benefit that working-age people can receive so that workless households will no longer receive more in benefit than working households receive in average wages" – seems almost chosen with Malthus's example in mind.

The Universal Credit will replace most existing benefits and limit the total amount of benefit that claimants can get.

From mid-April, the government will introduce a cap on the total amount of benefit that working-age people (16-64) can receive.

Since June 2013, the total amount of benefit that working-age people can receive has been capped so households on out-of-work benefits will not receive more than the average household weekly wage.

Next Monday, the government reduces the total amount of benefits families are allowed to claim.

He added some detail in his conference speech by announcing a cap on the total amount of benefits that any one household can claim.

Cuts to housing benefits could make property less affordable: the government has announced cuts to housing benefit and a £500 cap for the total amount of benefits a household can receive each week.

12.54pm: Here's the exact wording of Osborne's announcement about a cap on benefits: For the first time, we will introduce a limit on the total amount of benefits any one family can receive.

He also signalled a change in policy on welfare, hardening Labour's opposition to the government's welfare reforms, by pledging to oppose the cap on the total amount of benefits that a person can receive.