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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Helen Corbett

Conservatives pledge to boost defence spending by bringing back two-child benefit cap

The Conservative Party has announced plans to reinstate the two-child benefit cap and use the funds raised to increase defence spending should they get into power.

This policy, initially introduced by the Conservatives in 2017, limits child tax credit and Universal Credit payments to the first two children in most households.

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