Credible child poverty strategy must see two-child limit axed, says think tank

The Resolution Foundation estimates UK child poverty will hit 4.6 million children by the end of this Parliament (Alamy/PA) -

A three-child limit on benefits could cut child poverty by 320,000 by the end of this Parliament, a think tank has projected, but it insisted scrapping the two-child limit entirely is necessary for any poverty strategy to be credible.

Labour has been under pressure, including from within the party, to abolish the policy amid record highs in child poverty.