US EditionThe Reaction to Lifting Kids Out of Poverty Says a Lot About This Country
The government expects to reduce child poverty by 450,000 nationally and 70,000 in the North East by lifting the two-child benefit cap.
- Yesterday , Chancellor Rachel Reeves lifted the two‑child benefit cap in the Budget, with the government saying this will reduce child poverty by 450,000 nationally and cost about £3 billion, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility.
- The two‑child benefit cap, introduced in 2017 by the Conservatives, limited Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit to two children, while MPs, charities, and the North East Child Poverty Commission urged ministers to abolish it.
- OBR analysis shows the change will increase UC awards for 560,000 families averaging £5,310 per year, and the Child Poverty Action Group says it will lift 350,000 children out of poverty.
- From April next year, families can claim Universal Credit child payments for all children, and Beth Farhat said ending the limit will boost living standards and ease pressure on services.
- Although the cap's removal eased pressure inside the party, critics including Andy McDonald and Mr Hussain said the Budget falls short, while Conservative Party figures vowed to reinstate the limit if returned to power.
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13,500 Brent children to benefit due to two-child limit being scrapped
More than 13,500 children in Brent will benefit from scrapping the two-child benefit limit. Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the policy a “failed social experiment,” while children’s charities say the reform is “game changing” and will lift families out of poverty.
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Sir Keir Starmer says it's 'an investment' as thousands get benefits boost
560,000 will see a Universal Credit increase with more getting extra money from HMRC
Two-child benefit cap a ‘failed social experiment’ that had to go, PM says
Ditching the cap will cost about £3 billion by the end of this Parliament, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility. Sir Keir Starmer has condemned the two-child benefit cap as a “failed social experiment” after Rachel Reeves announced the abolition of the limit in her tax-raising Budget. The Prime Minister argued the move, which is set to cost £3 billion by the end of the Parliament, would lift hundreds of thousands of children out of …
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