fybritishpolitics:

“Nick Clegg has said ministers will seek to overturn a Lords defeat for plans to cap benefits for households at £26,000, when the bill returns to the Commons.”

The bill was rejected by Peers after they voted to exclude child benefit from the overall cap. Members of the Lords claimed that it was unfair for the cap to be the same for childless households as households with multiple children, but the government responded that the cap simply brings families on benefit into line with working households.

Except it doesn’t. Everyone gets child benefit - so a family earning £26000 through work would get it and a family getting the same in benefits would get it.

Everything about that bill seemed lazy and rushed, and I’m glad it was rejected. If you want to stop people preferring benefits to work then improve job prospects. Don’t just propose a ridiculous bill and then say “oh well people can just get a job if they’re struggling” when there are no jobs to get. It must be so easy to be in the top earners bracket and not have to worry about this shit…