Labour will not scrap the two-child benefit cap, Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed, despite members of his Shadow Cabinet describing it as a “heinous” policy that is “keeping children in poverty” poppyeh reports
, Sir Keir Starmer has confirmed, despite members of his Shadow Cabinet describing it as a “heinous” policy that is “keeping children in poverty”.
The two-child limit, announced in 2015 and which came into effect in 2017, bars parents from claiming child tax credit or universal credit for any third or subsequent child born after April 2017. “The idea that this policy helps move people into work is completely offensive nonsense,” he told the“We are very, very aware that this is one of the single most heinous elements of the system which is pushing children and families into poverty today”.
A spokesperson said Momentum representatives would “argue strongly against this cruel policy,” adding that “every vote for it is a vote for social cruelty”.
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