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The benefit cap has caused misery and hardship for countless families, writes Shelter's Polly Neate.
Robert Halfon tells HuffPost UK: “I don’t want us just to do things because we are forced into it by Marcus Rashford."
PM under pressure to agree simple extension until the autumn.
The increase to the benefit, worth £20-a-week, is due to be taken away in April.
The way the benefits system works means savers may have to burn through their nest eggs during the pandemic.
One woman was left with just 9p after the benefit system swallowed half of her redundancy payout.
Despite rising poverty fears and 800,000 losing their job, PM claims voters do not want ministers "focusing on welfare".
Anger as new staff employed after October 30 are excluded from financial support.
This was my last hope of keeping a roof over my head – but the tedious weeks of calls and endless paperwork made me question whether it was even worth applying.
Boris Johnson's £500 grant is going to "almost no one" because those told to isolate by the NHS Test and Trace app are ineligible.