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Originally Posted by Taf

The news has hit some Czech Romas I know and they have been phoning me trying to find out what it will mean to them.

I told the first I had no idea what he was on about, the second gave me the BBC link, the third was almost crying.... he said he gets "about" £16,000 pa from WFTC and "about" £3000 Child Benefit (5 children) and a drop would mean he could not feed his family!!

What are they spending their money on?

I told the third one that the Benefits cap is the one that will hit him hardest, as Housing Benefit (his rent is £950 pm) and Community Charge Benefit are included in it (so far). I think he did actually start crying when I said the cap would be set at £26,000.

He was not well-chuffed to hear about that!

Advise them to check the moneysavingexpert forums. They have people who can feed a family of 4 on £200 pcm.