US EditionPM could lift controversial benefit cap in budget - as Farage makes two big election promises
- The Labour government led by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is considering lifting the two-child benefit limit introduced in 2017 by the Conservative government.
- Pressure to remove this cap has increased due to its described cruelty and the growing number of affected families, with Nigel Farage and Reform UK pushing for removal in recent announcements.
- Bridget Phillipson, the Education Minister, along with Liz Kendall, who is responsible for work and pensions, co-lead the government’s task force on child poverty and have indicated that removing the benefit cap is being considered as a way to tackle child poverty and improve conditions for lower-income workers.
- The Resolution Foundation estimates the removal cost could reach around £3.5 billion by 2029/30, while charities believe about 350,000 children could be lifted out of poverty by this change.
- The government's potential decision announced in the autumn budget could reverse the policy, which critics like former PM Gordon Brown call discriminatory, signaling a notable shift in welfare policy.
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Two-child benefit cap closer 'to being lifted' to stop growing Labour rebellion
SCRAPPING the two child benefit cap is an option “on the table” for the Treasury, Bridget Phillipson admitted today. The Education Secretary gave one of the biggest hints yet that Chancellor Rachel Reeves will lift the threshold on claiming handouts for kids in a bid to placate a growing Labour rebellion. PAEducation Secretary Bridget Phillipson today hinted that ministers are getting closer to lifting the two-child benefit cap[/caption] Asked w…
Badenoch is right to defend the two-child benefit cap. Farage has blundered by calling for it to go.
Yesterday, we saw a divide emerge between the Conservatives and Reform UK on the issue of welfare reform. It is understood that the Labour Government is proposing to lift the cap on eligibility for extra Universal Credit payments per child, currently limited to two children. Lifting that cap would be an extraordinarily irresponsible decision given the state of the public finances. Yet the Sunday Telegraph reported: “The Reform leader will commit…
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