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Cabinet ministers to recommend lifting two-child benefit cap
- Cabinet ministers are set to recommend lifting the two-child benefit cap ahead of the November 26 autumn budget in the UK.
- The recommendation follows a government taskforce led by Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson and Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden, formed after the last election to tackle rising child poverty.
- The two-child cap, introduced by Conservative Chancellor George Osborne in 2017, limits benefits for the third and subsequent children, affecting about 1.7 million children and pushing 109 more into poverty daily.
- Phillipson described the cap as a "spiteful attack on children," and experts estimate lifting it could reduce poverty depth for 800,000 children but cost around £3 billion annually.
- If lifted, the move could ease child poverty significantly but presents a funding challenge for Prime Minister Starmer and Chancellor Reeves amid ongoing government financial constraints.
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Reeves Under Pressure to Spend Even More on Welfare as Cabinet Ministers "Demand Removal of Two-Child Benefit Cap" – The Daily Sceptic
Cabinet Ministers are ramping up the pressure on Rachel Reeves to spend even more on welfare by lifting the two-child benefit cap, sparking warnings that Britain is entering an "economic doom loop". The post Reeves Under Pressure to Spend Even More on Welfare as Cabinet Ministers “Demand Removal of Two-Child Benefit Cap” appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
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