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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Michael Howie

‘We'll do the right thing’: Cabinet minister signals two-child benefit cap will be scrapped

A cabinet minister has given the clearest hint yet that the Government will lift the controversial two-child benefit cap - in what would be a boost to hundreds of thousands of hard-pressed families.

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said she is “confident” the Government will “do the right thing” over the cap.

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