richard bilton reports. it's just all so wrong.ed and her house is on the line. you are entitled to less housing benefit because of the benefit cap the government has introduced. the benefit cap reduction is 65.67. itjust seems so wrong that they can give you the benefit. her housing benefit used to cover her rent, now it has been reduced by £65 and she is £700 in arrears. her housing association wants to evict her. just don't know whether i'm going to have a house next month, the stress, the worry, it's all hard. panorama has spoken to councils across britain. 67,000 households have been capped so far. ii% have had their housing benefit reduced to just 50p. the government says those families are still getting £20,000 a year in other benefits, and that's as much as many working families earn. the benefit cap was introduced to try and level up the playing field between families who are in work and those who are reliant on benefits. and fundamentally what we sought to do was incentivise work because we know the outcomes for children

richard bilton, bbc news.changes? well, if you were, you helped boost new car sales to a record high. more than 562,000 new cars were registered last month, according to industry body the smmt. and sales of diesel vehicles continued to rise, despite controversy over the pollution they produce. there are signs that inflation might sneak up higher than the 3% most people are expecting. last month, companies in the services sector raised prices at their fastest pace since 2008. the closely watched pmi index also showed the sector was expanding faster than expected. lloyds bank has named 100 branches which are due to close as part of their restructuring plan. they include 22 branches of halifax and 2a branches of bank of scotland. 200 jobs will go according to the union unite. well, he promised to shake things up, and donald trump is continuing to do just that. this time he‘s turned his attention to the banking sector. he‘s promising big reforms to regulations that were introduced after the financial crisis. let‘s

richard bilton has the story. it's just all so wrong.ousing benefit because of the benefit cap the government has introduced. the benefit cap reduction is £65.67. itjust seems so wrong that they can give you the benefit. her housing benefit used to cover her rent, now it has been reduced by £65 and she is £700 in arrears. her housing association wants to evict her. just don't know whether i'm going to have a house next month, the stress, the worry, it's all hard. panorama has spoken to councils across britain. 67,000 households have been capped so far. 11% have had their housing benefit reduced to just 50p. the government says those families are still getting £20,000 a year in other benefits, and that's as much as many working families earn. the benefit cap was introduced to try and level up the playing field between families who are in work and those who are reliant on benefits. and fundamentally what we sought to do was incentivise work because we know the outcomes for children will be better if they are in families that are working. i

richard bilton reports. this is where i sit in the day and this is where i sleep at night.upside down. this is where i put a few toiletries in. her benefits were cut by em; few toiletries in. her benefits were cut by £41; a week last november, she was evicted and made homeless. sarah has seven kids, four were living with her, but now they have gone. i've got no choice to basically leave them where they are the time being. it absolutely kills me inside. but there is nothing i can do about it. at the way, out the way. steve and kim are struggling to keep their home, they have four children and their benefits have been reduced by £120 a week, it is taken from their housing benefit which has been cut to just 50p a week. it is only 50p per week, £2 a month, but it is costing more to send out the letter. £20,000 a year does sound a lot but it isn't a lot really. by the time you have paid your gas and electricity and rent, council tax and food shopping," the kids, school trips, the weekly money soon goes “— kids, school trips, the weekly money soon goes —— close for the kids. kids