Andrew RT Davies wants to end welfare 'merry-go-round'
The Welsh Conservative leader has described plans to impose a lower benefits cap outside London as "fair".
Andrew RT Davies said welfare payments should not give people more than they could earn through work.
The UK government wants to reduce the household benefit cap - the total amount of benefits a family can claim.
Chancellor George Osborne said ahead of Wednesday's budget that the cap would fall from £26,000 to £23,000 in London, and even lower in the rest of Britain.
Mr Davies told Sunday Politics Wales' presenter Daniel Davies that he wanted Wales to become a "living wage" nation.