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Phillipson 'confident' of ending benefit cap
The Sentinel
|October 13, 2025
BRIDGET Phillipson has said she is "confident" the Government will "do the right thing" over the two-child benefit cap, in the clearest sign yet that ministers could scrap the policy.
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The Education Secretary, who is vying to become Labour's next deputy leader, said there is an "urgency" to lifting the limit and she will be "in Cabinet arguing" for change.
The cap, introduced under the Conservatives in 2017, restricts universal or child tax credit to the first two children in most households.
Speaking with broadcasters on Sunday morning, Ms Phillipson said Labour would never have brought in the policy and she is "clear what needs to happen" next.
This story is from the October 13, 2025 edition of The Sentinel.
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