Politics Home has a story that ministers are negotiating on the overall benefits cap in order to avoid a defeat in the Lords, like the one they suffered before Xmas on social tenants bedroom limits.

They say;
The changes, which are still the subject of intense discussion between ministers, officials and peers, could include changes to the way the cap is calculated so that it is based on the income of working families. Currently the £26,000 figure is based on average income for all families, including those on benefits, which means it is lower than the income of a family in work.

PoliticsHome also understands that the Government will make two vital concessions on a “period of grace” for a household to adjust to life under the cap after becoming unemployed, and exempting homeless families placed in expensive bed and breakfast accommodation by their local councils from the cap.

You can read the whole story here