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Starmer hints two-child benefit cap could be axed
Burton Mail
|November 12, 2025
SIR Keir Starmer has hinted that the two-child benefit cap could be lifted, saying the Government would be taking “a number of measures” to “drive child poverty down”.
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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer
The Prime Minister's comments follow Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ signal that she was open to scrapping the limit in her November 26 Budget, a move that could cost more than £3 billion just as taxes are expected to rise.
Sir Keir told ITV’s Lorraine programme: “I can tell you in no uncertain terms I'm determined to drive child poverty down.
“It is what the last Labour government did, and it’s one of the things we were proudest of.
यह कहानी Burton Mail के November 12, 2025 संस्करण से ली गई है।
हजारों चुनिंदा प्रीमियम कहानियों और 10,000 से अधिक पत्रिकाओं और समाचार पत्रों तक पहुंचने के लिए मैगज़्टर गोल्ड की सदस्यता लें।
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