MPs have voted in favour of a proposed 1 per cent cap on raising benefits by a majority of 56. Ministers say the cap is needed because it is unfair that state handouts have been rising twice as fast as wages during recent years of austerity.
Nearly 60% of working people believe changes to the welfare system will plunge people in to poverty and make life harder for their own families, with just 17% believing the changes would make the system fairer.
The findings involving over 6,000 of respondents from an independent survey for Unite showed that 47% are in the dark over how the government's cuts will hit them.
Unite has accused the government of attempting to divide working and non-working people by demonising the unemployed.
MPs have voted in favour of a Government measure to cap benefits rises. The Work Secretary says it will save £5bn from the welfare bill.
The Department for Work and Pensions has calculated the savings that the exchequer could expect if the benefit cap passes this evening.