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37,000 more children affected by ‘brutal’ two-child benefit cap, data shows

Nearly 1.7 million children living in households affected by policy that government is being pressed to scrap

The Guardian - UK

Two-child benefit cap: How much is it worth and what will families get if Labour scrap it?

Campaigners warn child poverty could deepen under the Labour government, unless the two-child cap is lifted

The Independent UK

What is the two-child benefit cap? The controversial policy explained as Labour comes under pressure

Campaign groups say that 109 children across the UK are pulled into poverty by the policy every day

The Independent UK

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Two-child benefit cap – the cost, effect and what people are saying about it

Organisations working in the sector argue that 109 children across the UK are pulled into poverty by the policy every day.

Evening Standard

Charities step up pressure on Keir Starmer to scrap two-child benefit cap

Exclusive: Survey commissioned by children’s charities shows UK voters want to see families prioritised

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: The increasing cost of sending a child to school in the UK

The cost of sending children to school in the UK has ‘significantly increased’ since 2022, a report has found

The Independent UK

Parents paying hundreds of pounds more a year to send child to school – report

The cost of sending a child to a state secondary school is £2,275 a year – and the cost for primary school exceeds £1,000 a year, research suggests.

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Labour plunge 30k children into poverty with two-child cap, report says

THE two-child benefit cap has dragged 30,000 more children into poverty since Labour took office, fresh analysis has indicated.

The National (Scotland)

Thousands more in poverty, say campaigners ahead of two-child limit anniversary

Organisations working in the sector argue that 109 children across the UK are pulled into poverty by the policy every day.

The Independent UK

Controversial two-child benefit cap ‘plunges extra 30,000 children into poverty since Labour came to power’

Eight anniversary of the welfare limit, brought in by former Tory chancellor George Osborne as one of his austerity measures, this weekend

The Independent UK

Mothers in High Court challenge over two-child limit ‘rape clause’

Child Poverty Action Group, which is supporting the women’s case, has described the current benefit rules as ‘inhumane’.

The Independent UK

Labour's two-child cap pushing 100 children into poverty every day, study says

MORE than 100 children have been pulled into poverty by the two-child cap every day since Labour took office, new research has found ...

The National (Scotland)

Thousands more children in poverty since Labour came to power because of two-child benefit cap, charity claims

Labour urged to abolish the two-child benefit gap by charities who say the damage it causes ‘grows every day’

The Independent UK

At least 10,000 children have fallen into poverty under Labour, analysis finds

Campaigners say key reason for rising hardship is two-child benefit cap, which PM and chancellor have refused to axe

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The Independent UK

Keir Starmer under fresh pressure to lift two-child benefit cap in October

The prime minister is facing renewed calls to scrap the austerity-era policy after a senior party figure suggested it would not be removed by chancellor Rachel Reeves in the statement this autumn

The Guardian - UK

Pressure grows on Rachel Reeves to end two-child benefit cap in next budget

Campaigners are warning the chancellor that any delay will keep hundreds of thousands of children in poverty

The Guardian - UK

Stuart Weir obituary

Editor of the New Statesman who helped to launch Charter 88, the constitutional reform pressure group

The Guardian - UK

Labour should scrap two-child benefit cap sooner rather than later

Families cannot afford to wait until UK government says there is money to spare to make such a decision

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The Guardian - UK

Labour pressed to end two-child benefit cap with 1.6m youngsters affected

Campaigners say figure is shameful and that Tory policy is single biggest driver of child poverty

The Independent UK

Pressure ramps up on Labour to ditch ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap as 1.6 million children impacted

Some 592,000 children were affected by the policy in 2019, and the figure has increased by 100,000 in the past year

The National (Scotland)

Gordon Brown sparks anger from SNP with General Election intervention

GORDON Brown has been slammed after an intervention in the Scottish General Election campaign ...

Evening Standard

DWP benefit cap: what is it and is it changing?

Some benefits will increase in April, but what does that mean for those impacted by the benefit cap?

The Independent UK

‘School staff seeing more students who do not have enough dinner money’

It comes as one headteacher said child poverty is the worst she has seen it during her 25 years in the role.

The Independent UK

‘Families could lose financial lifeline unless more benefits help given’

Hundreds of claimants have not claimed Universal Credit at all and had their current benefit payments terminated, a charity said.

The Independent UK

Children’s charity urges scrapping of benefit cap on ‘unhappy’ 10th anniversary

The policy was introduced in 2013 under the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition to end the days of ‘blank cheque benefits’.

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