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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rhiannon James

No commitment to scrap two-child benefit cap until funding is clear – minister

The Government will not commit to lifting the two-child benefit cap until it is clear how it will be paid for, a minister has told the Commons.

Further calls to scrap the controversial policy were made by Labour backbenchers on Tuesday, during a Conservative-led debate focused on retaining the cap.

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