Exclusive: Onward said cap has resulted in increased child poverty, adding to pressure on government to rethink its stanceA leading rightwing thinktank has called for an end to the two-child limit on benefits in a move that will...
Read MoreEngland research shows huge benefits with resulting savings for NHS and councilsCurbing child poverty by scrapping the two-child benefit cap would save hundreds of lives a year and avoid thousands of admissions to hospital, the...
Read MoreNorth-west and West Midlands worst hit, says thinktank, and in some areas half of children live below breadlineKeir Starmer has been warned that the two-child benefit cap has contributed to a widening gulf in regional poverty,...
Read MoreLimit on welfare support, introduced in 2013, leaves some with just £4 a day for each family memberLow-income families affected by the benefit cap are living on as little as £4 for each person a day, often in...
Read MoreKeir Starmer has suspended seven of his MPs who rebelled against the whip to scrap the two-child benefit cap. So why won’t Labour scrap the controversial limit, and what does this first test of Starmer’s leadership...
Read MoreConsumer expert writes to chancellor outlining four changes to help remedy financial injusticesRachel Reeves must overhaul the allowance that has resulted in thousands of unpaid carers being saddled with life-changing debt, and...
Read MoreOne backbench Labour MP calls policy ‘heinous’ as more than dozen thought to support king’s speech amendmentKeir Starmer has come under further pressure to scrap the two-child benefit limit after another of his...
Read MoreEnvironment secretary Steve Reed says Labour must ‘stabilise the economy after 14 years of Conservative chaos’On water bills, consumer council for Water chief executive Mike Keil has said:Millions of people will feel...
Read MoreEnvironment secretary Steve Reed says Labour must ‘stabilise the economy after 14 years of Conservative chaos’On water bills, consumer council for Water chief executive Mike Keil has said:Millions of people will feel...
Read MoreLabour under pressure to act on child poverty as aid group warns two-child benefit policy is causing ‘deep suffering and deprivation’On water bills, consumer council for Water chief executive Mike Keil has...
Read MoreThreshold would apply to households instead of individuals under plan that party says would cost £1.3bn a yearThe Conservatives have pledged to double to £120,000 the pay threshold at which child benefit payments...
Read MoreCharities call for law within first 100 days after general election to ensure annual rises in the financial help parents receiveThe next government should pass a new law within 100 days of winning the general election that would...
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