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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Ashley Cowburn

Rishi Sunak to be told to scrap 'cruel' two-child benefit policy in PMQs confrontation

Rishi Sunak will be told to scrap the Tories' "cruel" two-child benefit limit during a confrontation at Prime Minister's Questions tomorrow.

The Tory leader will be tackled with "sky-rocketing" child poverty during the session as his party continues to trade bitter blows over ex-PM Boris Johnson's peerages list.

The Labour MP Kim Johnson, who will raise the issue on Wednesday, told The Mirror the two-child cap - first unveiled during the austerity years - is "as cruel as it is ineffective".

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