Faith leaders put pressure on Government over two-child benefit cap

The Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell was among the signatories of a letter calling for the Government to scrap the two-child benefit cap (Jonathan Brady/PA) - (PA Archive)

Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have been urged to scrap the two-child benefit cap by senior faith leaders, including the Church of England’s current top bishop.

Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell said the failure to tackle child poverty was “deeply shaming for us as a nation” and said the two-child limit was “one of the contributing factors”.