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The Welfare Cap will start in 2014/15 and will mean spending on the overall benefits bill will be limited.  In effect most benefits will be cut year on year.   Here's a little more detail-

'Housing benefit, tax credits, disability benefits and pensioner benefits will all included, but some benefits will be excluded, including the basic state pension and the additional state pension.'  Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 10 July 2013, c113WH)

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