Starmer faces further calls for Labour to axe two-child benefit cap

The IFS said the policy, when fully rolled out, would affect one in five children. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian

Keir Starmer is facing renewed pressure to scrap the two-child benefit limit, as research reveals that 250,000 more children will be hit by the policy over the next year alone.

Labour’s manifesto for government, published last week, included the promise of an “ambitious strategy to reduce child poverty”, but no mention of the two-child limit.