Benefit limit cap scrap praised

The lifting of the two-child benefit limit will be felt by nearly 3,500 children in Renfrewshire as charities welcome Rachel Reeves’ move to scrap the cap.

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The two-child benefit limit prevents parents from claiming Child Tax Credit or Universal Credit for more than two children, and was introduced by the Conservative Government in 2017.

Announcing the move, which is estimated to cost £3bn a year by 2029-30, Reeves said her party did"not believe that the solution to a broken welfare system is to punish the most vulnerable children".