Pressure grows to axe two-child benefit cap

CAMPAIGNERS have made renewed calls to scrap the two-child benefit limit after the latest figures showed the number of children in affected households is approaching 1.7 million across Great Britain.

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The new data will likely ramp up pressure on the Government to ditch the controversial policy, which came into effect eight years ago under the Conservatives.

But comments by Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson at the weekend have raised concerns Labour might not do away with the policy, amid financial pressures following the recent U-turn on welfare reforms. Ms Phillipson said spending decisions have been made "harder" after the watering down of reforms within the Universal Credit Bill.