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Could you live off 拢257 per week?

Ben takes your calls on the government's benefits cap - could you live off 拢257 a week?

Ben takes your calls on the government's benefits cap - could you live off 拢257 a week? That's the maximum (outside Greater London) for single people who do not have children or whose children do not live with them. The maximum for a couple is 拢384.62 per week (拢20,000 a year). Ben speaks to the charity Gingerbread, which supports single parents.

Plus: The Bishop of Bath & Wells, The Rt Revd Peter Hancock, speaks to Ben about the visit to Somerset of the Archbishop of Canterbury this week, Kathy Crouch answers your garden and food questions and there's another round of The Impossible Five.

3 hours

Last on

Mon 7 Nov 2016 09:00

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  • Mon 7 Nov 2016 09:00