Fix benefit cap rates and add legislation references to UC parameters #1448
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Adds the 2025-04-01 value of £93.02 for the Universal Credit housing element non-dependent deduction, per The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2025. 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Fix 2025-26 benefit cap rates (frozen at 2023 levels, not uprated) - Single in London: £16,967 (was incorrectly £17,255) - Single outside London: £14,753 (was incorrectly £15,004) - Family in London: £25,323 (was incorrectly £25,753) - Family outside London: £22,020 (correct) - Update UC parameter legislation references to point to exact sections: - Child element: reg. 24 + reg. 36 - Disabled child: reg. 24 + reg. 36 - LCWRA element: reg. 27 + reg. 36 - Carer element: reg. 29 + reg. 36 - Childcare element: reg. 31 + reg. 36 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Benefit Cap Rate Corrections
The benefit cap has been frozen since April 2023. The codebase incorrectly had uprated values for 2025-26:
Source: GOV.UK Benefit and pension rates 2025-26
Legislation References
All UC parameters now have exact legislation.gov.uk links:
Fixes #1447
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