Claim: The IFS said the new benefit cap "almost exclusively affects families with large numbers of children or very high rents or both."
Fact-check: The IFS and the benefit cap - Full Fact
Verdict: this is incorrect. the ifs said this about the benefit cap as it was introduced in 2015. it has said the new, lower cap will be less concentrated on households with lots of children and affect more people outside london where rents are lower.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Claire Milne
Date published: 2016-11-07T00:00:00