tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post2693858177322700926..comments2024-02-29T10:55:43.449-08:00Comments on Watching A4e: A good budget - for ATOSUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-1492270196874896512014-03-20T03:04:45.007-07:002014-03-20T03:04:45.007-07:00Thanks. I was going by the Daily Mail - never a g...Thanks. I was going by the Daily Mail - never a good idea!historianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922746528891041071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6941116624675227992.post-55632422520291005352014-03-20T03:00:23.474-07:002014-03-20T03:00:23.474-07:00historian - hope you won't mind a small clarif...historian - hope you won't mind a small clarification. HB for people on JSA is excluded from the cap, so that part of the scenario you mention probably shouldn't happen. It would, in theory at least, apply to people on ESA and, as you say, low-paid employed, self-employed or 'self-employed' people. In other words, whilst jobseekers get a degree of protection, it's potentially one on the eye for the sick, disabled and 'hardworking' but low-paid households.<br /><br />How it'll actually work in practice still seems to be a bit of a mystery, though. In a scenario where DWP goes to parliament to propose an increase above the cap, and loses the vote, it's not clear where the policy changes would fall to make up the shortfall, so it may or not play out in the way you and I have outlined above.Badgernoreply@blogger.com