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Two-child benefit cap

Child tax credit: Do you qualify?
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Child tax credit: Do you qualify?

Child tax credit helps low-income families in the UK with much-needed cash support. Learn more about who qualifies and how to apply
Zarah Sultana would 'absolutely' return to Labour after suspension: 'It has to be a broad church'
MP Zarah Sultana
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Zarah Sultana would 'absolutely' return to Labour after suspension: 'It has to be a broad church'

There's no quick fix for single parent poverty but there is a clear first step – Labour must take it
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Ruth Talbot

There's no quick fix for single parent poverty but there is a clear first step – Labour must take it

'You want it to be magical for your kids': Here's how the two-child benefit cap is ruining Christmas
Two-child benefit cap

'You want it to be magical for your kids': Here's how the two-child benefit cap is ruining Christmas

Scotland's move to abolish poverty by ending two-child benefit cap must inspire Westminster
Sabine Goodwin

Scotland's move to abolish poverty by ending two-child benefit cap must inspire Westminster

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The Tories wasted £131bn of taxpayer cash in five years. Here's how it could've helped fix Britain
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A Modest Proposal

The Tories wasted £131bn of taxpayer cash in five years. Here's how it could've helped fix Britain

Scotland is right to scrap the cruel two-child benefit cap. It's now time for Labour to act
keir starmer and john swinney
Ruth Patrick

Scotland is right to scrap the cruel two-child benefit cap. It's now time for Labour to act

Two-child benefit cap to be scrapped in Scotland as Labour challenged to 'step up' and follow suit
keir starmer and john swinney
Two-child benefit cap

Two-child benefit cap to be scrapped in Scotland as Labour challenged to 'step up' and follow suit

A strong benefits system is the sign of a healthy society – and essential to ending child poverty
Child poverty
Joseph Howes

A strong benefits system is the sign of a healthy society – and essential to ending child poverty

Labour must 'immediately' scrap two-child benefit cap if it wants to end child poverty, charities say
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Child poverty

Labour must 'immediately' scrap two-child benefit cap if it wants to end child poverty, charities say

'It can't stay like this': Meet the North East families fighting child poverty by themselves
Mwenza Bell and one of her children
Big Community

'It can't stay like this': Meet the North East families fighting child poverty by themselves

No mention of two-child limit on benefits in Labour's 'ambitious' child poverty strategy
A meeting of the child poverty taskforce. From left to right: Mayor of the North East Kim McGuinness, work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall and education secretary Bridget Phillippson.
Child poverty

No mention of two-child limit on benefits in Labour's 'ambitious' child poverty strategy

Axing 'cruel' two-child benefit cap would reduce cost of poverty by over £3bn
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Two-child benefit cap

Axing 'cruel' two-child benefit cap would reduce cost of poverty by over £3bn

John McDonnell fears 'people will lose their lives' if Labour cuts benefits in autumn budget
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John McDonnell fears 'people will lose their lives' if Labour cuts benefits in autumn budget

Starmer's first 100 days sees the UK in Bizarro World. Is this really the change people voted for?
Starmer at the Labour party conference
Adam Barnett

Starmer's first 100 days sees the UK in Bizarro World. Is this really the change people voted for?

Reasons for keeping two-child benefit cap are thin at best and cruel at worst – Labour must lift it
Adult holding a child's hand in front of a pond. child poverty
Vikki Brownridge

Reasons for keeping two-child benefit cap are thin at best and cruel at worst – Labour must lift it

Scrapping two-child benefit cap 'single most cost-effective policy' to reduce child poverty
Stock image of a baby being held by its mother
Child poverty

Scrapping two-child benefit cap 'single most cost-effective policy' to reduce child poverty

'My son lives without any joy': How DWP's two-child benefit limit is punishing children in crisis
Keir Starmer during a Sky Sports interview at Emirates Stadium
Joseph Howes

'My son lives without any joy': How DWP's two-child benefit limit is punishing children in crisis

This is what life with the DWP's two-child benefit cap looks like through a child's eyes
Two-child benefit cap

This is what life with the DWP's two-child benefit cap looks like through a child's eyes

Government must put things right and lift two-child benefit cap in Autumn Budget, says Labour MP
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Kim Johnson

Government must put things right and lift two-child benefit cap in Autumn Budget, says Labour MP

Single mum reveals how two-child benefit cap 'punishes' families like hers: 'We're struggling'
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Two-child benefit cap

Single mum reveals how two-child benefit cap 'punishes' families like hers: 'We're struggling'

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Scrapping two-child benefit cap would save hundreds of infants' lives, study finds
Stock photo of children to illustrate story on two-child benefit cap
Two-child benefit cap

Scrapping two-child benefit cap would save hundreds of infants' lives, study finds

As a single mum to three children, the two-child benefit cap reminds me that society judges me
ruth talbot
Ruth Talbot

As a single mum to three children, the two-child benefit cap reminds me that society judges me

What is the two-child benefit limit and how does it impact families?
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Benefits

What is the two-child benefit limit and how does it impact families?

This is the harsh reality of the two-child benefit cap for families: 'It's like wearing a scarlet letter'
thea who is impacted by the two child limit on benefits
Two-child benefit cap

This is the harsh reality of the two-child benefit cap for families: 'It's like wearing a scarlet letter'