Labour under pressure to axe two-child benefit limit

Donations for distribution to food banks in Thurrock working with the Trussell Trust. The two-child limit on benefits has left thousands of households in poverty. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian

Labour will come under pressure to back abolishing the two-child limit on benefits, promise universal free school meals and restore the international development department, as activists and trade unions attempt to persuade Keir Starmer to adopt a more ambitious policy platform.

With the Labour leadership using the last few weeks to jettison or correct potentially problematic policies before an election campaign next year, it now faces a summer of concerted campaigning from figures across the party who want it to be bolder in its pledges.