Tories force Labour to vote to scrap two-child benefit cap

Tories force Labour to vote to scrap two-child benefit cap

Motion sees 344 members of Sir Keir Starmer’s party favouring policy ministers have warned they cannot afford

No commitment to scrap two-child benefit cap until funding is clear – minister

Work and pensions minister Alison McGovern said the Government would not commit to any policy without knowing how it would be paid for.

Kemi Badenoch’s got it badly wrong on the two-child benefit cap

First it was maternity leave, then the gender pay gap – does the Leader of the Opposition actually care about women and families at all, asks Ava Vidal

More than 1,000 Monmouthshire children in families hit by two-child limit

More than 1,000 children in Monmouthshire are living in households affected by the two-child limit, new figures show – as charities urged the Government to scrap the policy.

More than 1,500 Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe children in families hit by two-child limit

More than 1,500 children in Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe are living in households affected by the two-child limit, new figures show – as charities urged the Government to scrap the policy.

Thousands of Llanelli children in families hit by two-child limit

Thousands of children in Llanelli are living in households affected by the two-child limit, new figures show – as charities urged the Government to scrap the policy.