Rachel Reeves has hinted that changes to the two-child benefit cap could be on the way in the Budget, saying she does not think it is right that children are “penalised” for being part of large families.
Labour MPs have been pushing ministers to scrap the cap to help tackle child poverty, while Labour grandee Gordon Brown has piled pressure on the chancellor over the issue – saying he was “confident” the government would make changes to the limit at the upcoming Budget.
