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has-post-thumbnail" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope> <div class="inside-article"> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline">Scrap the Cap Campaign</h1> </header> <div class="entry-content" itemprop="text"> <h2><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-4547" src="https://www.povertyalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/17-768x432.png" alt="" width="468" height="263" srcset="https://www.povertyalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/17-768x432.png 768w, https://www.povertyalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/17-1200x675.png 1200w, https://www.povertyalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/17-1536x864.png 1536w, https://www.povertyalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/17.png 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px" /></h2> <h3><strong>Scrap the Cap: a campaign to end the benefit cap</strong></h3> <p> </p> <h2>About the campaign</h2> <p>We all want to live in a society where everyone has enough to live a decent and fulfilling life. But people impacted by the benefit cap are currently held back from this.</p> <p><span class="JsGRdQ">The<em> Scrap the Cap</em> campaign will call on the UK Government to remove the benefit cap, which places a limit on the total amount of benefit payments a person or family can receive. We believe that it is wrong, in principle, to sever the link between the support a person needs and the level of support they receive.</span></p> <p class="_04xlpA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body"><span class="JsGRdQ">This is because any level of support that is below what a person has been assessed to need will, necessarily, be insufficient to lead a healthy, happy, and dignified life. Further, the way the benefit cap is designed means that those who require the highest level of support from the benefit system are the most likely to be affected. This is simply unjust.</span></p> <p><span class="JsGRdQ">If the campaign is successful and the cap was lifted, it would mean the British social security system would no longer arbitrarily cut the amount of benefit payments that households – which are among the most disadvantaged in the country – are entitled to in order to fulfil policy goals that are divorced from the needs and welfare of those directly impacted by the policy.</span></p> <p>Let’s #MeetTheNeed and #ScrapTheCap!</p> <h2>Campaign news</h2> <p>Read our campaign briefing <a href="https://www.povertyalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Scrap-the-cap-briefing-4.pdf">here</a>.</p> <p>Learn more about the benefit cap and its effects in our campaign pack <a href="https://www.povertyalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Scrap-the-cap-campaign-pack-4.pdf">here</a>.</p> <p>In the media: Share the <a href="https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/tory-government-urged-scrap-unjust-25968418">Daily Record article</a>.</p> <h2>Take Action</h2> <p><strong>Show your support on social media</strong></p> <p>Help us build a powerful campaign by posting your support on social media. <strong>Download all our campaign graphics and template tweets <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1P6Y-bM6x46-eL67LH6dWBFj6JWpi6Nl_?usp=sharing">here</a></strong>. Please tag us by using <a href="https://twitter.com/PovertyAlliance">@PovertyAlliance</a> and use #ScrapTheCap and #MeetTheNeed.</p> <p><strong>Become an official supporter</strong></p> <p>Would you like to join over 45 leading organisations in Scotland in becoming an official partner or supporter? Get in touch with suzi.murning@povertyalliance.org. 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