Claim: The new benefit cap will affect 40,000 single mothers.
Fact-check: How does the new benefit cap affect single mothers? - Full Fact
Verdict: the department for work and pensions has estimated that up to 54,000 families with single mothers could be affected by the benefit cap in 2016/17. of those, it's likely that around 40,000 were newly affected as a result of the recent lowering of the cap.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Claire Milne
Date published: 2016-11-07T00:00:00