Reform UK would restore two-child benefit cap, Jenrick says in policy U-turn

Robert Jenrick described himself as Reform’s ‘shadow chancellor’ in his first speech as the party’s Treasury spokesperson. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian

Reform UK would restore the two-child benefit cap in full, Robert Jenrick has announced, in a major U-turn for the party that critics said would plunge hundreds of thousands of children into poverty.

In his first speech as Reform’s Treasury spokesperson, Jenrick said the party had changed tack since Nigel Farage last year said he would scrap the two-child limit and suggested his party wanted to go “much further to encourage people to have children”.