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Government told to scrap two-child Child Benefit cap by charities

  • Charities urge the government to scrap the two-child benefit limit.
  • The limit, applied across the UK since 2017, features in the new child poverty plan.
  • Leading groups including Barnardo’s and Save the Children warned against keeping this restriction.
  • In a letter, they called scrapping it "most cost-effective," citing potential poverty increases from 4.5 million children.
  • Not removing the cap could leave child poverty at its highest level since records began.
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Government told to scrap two-child Child Benefit cap by charities

Charities say scrapping the two-child limit on Child Benefit is "by far the most cost-effective way to reduce child poverty"

·County Durham, United Kingdom
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perspectivemedia.com broke the news in on Monday, April 21, 2025.
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