Lord Carey backs benefits cap
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Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord
Carey has backed the government's plans for a £26,000 benefits
cap.
Writing in a national newspaper today, he argues the current
welfare system is rewarding "fecklessness and
irresponsibility".
Lord Carey, who was Archbishop of Canterbury between 1991 and
2002, said the scale of Britain's public debt is the "greatest
moral scandal" facing the country.
The government has said it will push on with its benefits plan
despite suffering a defeat in the House of Lords.
Ministers want to cap welfare handouts at £500 a week for
working-age families - equivalent to the average wage of £26,000
earned by working households - and £350 a week for single adults
without children.
But peers have passed an amendment that calls for child benefits
to be excluded from the calculation.
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Wednesday, January 25 2012
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