With the introduction of the £26,000 benefit cap in four London boroughs this week (see my blog from Monday for five reasons why the cap is wrong), Labour has been challenged again to say whether it would keep the policy if elected. The party’s answer is still that it supports a cap but one that takes into account regional variations in housing costs.
Ed Balls said on LBC this morning that the party would “definitely keep” the cap, so long as it is “set in the right way”. On Question Time last night, Caroline Flint argued:
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