Sir Keir Starmer has come under pressure to scrap the two-child limit on benefits
The party leader said scrapping the limit, which prevents parents from claiming child tax credit or universal credit for more than two children, isThe cap has led to soaring rates of child poverty in families with more than two children, according to theThe rate for any additional children is £16.95 a week per child.The two-child benefit limit means most families cannot claim means-tested benefits and tax credits for any additional children born after April 2017.
Drawn up by former chancellor George Osborne during the years of austerity, it was designed to reduce public spending and encourage families to make decisions based on their financial circumstances.When it is fully rolled out in 2035, it is set to affect around 750,000 families. The report also stated scrapping the policy completely would cost £3.6billion in today’s prices and take 490,000 children out of poverty.
Families affected by the cap in 2023-24 lost up to £3,200 a year in benefit support for their third and each subsequent child. during the leaders’ event in Grimsby scrapping the two-child benefit will not be in the party’s manifesto.“We’re probably going to inherit a broken economy and I’m not going to make promises I cannot keep.“People are fed up with politicians who before the election say ‘we’ll do everything'” and then do not deliver, he said.LabourOpinion
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