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Ministers privately ruling out scrapping two-child benefits cap
2025-05-23 05:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
Ministers are privately ruling out scrapping the two-child benefit cap despite warnings from charities that a failure to do so could result in the highest levels of child poverty since records began.Government sources said charities and Labour MPs who were concerned that wider benefit cuts would push more families into poverty should read the tea leaves over Labours plans.If they still think were going to scrap the cap then theyre listening to the wrong people. Were simply not going to find a way to do that. The cap is popular with key voters, who see it as a matter of fairness, one source said.In a letter to Keir Starmer on Tuesday, groups including Barnardos, Save the Children UK and Citizens Advice said scrapping the two-child benefit limit would be the most cost-effective way to reduce child poverty.The Child Poverty Action Group, which signed the letter, estimated the number of children in poverty would increase from 4.5 million to 4.8 million by 2029 unless urgent action... [ more ]
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