Gordon Brown 'Confident' of Two-Child Benefit Cap Change - as He Calls for Gambling Tax to Pay for It

Gordon Brown 'confident' two-child benefit cap will be dropped in Autumn Budget

Gordon Brown is "confident" the two-child benefit cap will be addressed by Rachel Reeves in a major hint the policy will be scrapped altogether.The former prime minister, chancellor and Labour leader expects the autumn statement on November 26 to include changes to the cap, as well as gambling taxes.Mr Brown said he has been feeding into the government's consultations on changes to the tax system ahead of the Budget.Speaking to Sky News on Monda…

Gordon Brown 'confident' of two-child benefit cap change - as he calls for gambling tax to pay for it

The former Labour prime minister has been a long-time campaigner to end child poverty and said lifting the cap would help hundreds of thousands of children.

Gordon Brown 'confident' of two-child benefit cap change - as he calls

Gordon Brown has said he is “confident” the two-child benefit cap will change at the budget, as he ramped up pressure on Rachel Reeves to impose a gambling tax to pay for it. The former Labour prime minister, and chancellor for 10 years, has been advocating to scrap the cap, which means parents can only claim benefits for their first two children. But as the budget approaches on 26 November, he ramped up those calls on Sky News’ Mornings with Ri…

Two-child benefit limit could be scrapped in Autumn Budget - Yorkshire Live

The Chancellor said it was not right that a 'child is penalised because they are in a bigger family'