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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Helen Corbett

Scrapping two-child benefit cap could lift 630,000 children out of poverty

Reversing the two-child benefit cap would be among the most cost-effective ways to reduce child poverty, a leading think tank has stated.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) delivered this assessment ahead of a Budget where the Chancellor is widely expected to announce changes to the contentious limit.

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