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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca McCurdy

Rayner: Labour will look into scrapping rape clause benefit requirement

PA Wire

Angela Rayner has pledged Labour will look into scrapping the benefit requirement which forces women to declare their child was conceived as a result of rape.

The deputy Labour leader described the rape clause, which exists under the UK Government’s two-child cap on universal and child tax credits, as “abhorrent”.

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