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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Archie Mitchell and Millie Cooke

Starmer hints at scrapping two-child benefit cap to tackle poverty

Sir Keir Starmer has left the door open to scrapping the two-child benefit cap amid mounting pressure from backbench Labour MPs and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.

MPs from across Labour have repeatedly urged the prime minister to scrap or ease the limit – first imposed by austerity architect George Osborne in 2015 – amid growing concern over the direction of the party.

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