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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox,Kate Devlin,Millie Cooke and Nicole Wootton-Cane

Labour conference live: Rachel Reeves set to scrap two-child benefit cap in autumn budget

Rachel Reeves is set to scrap the two-child benefit cap in the upcoming autumn budget, reports suggest.

According to The Guardian, both the prime minister and the chancellor are looking to accept recommendations from the child poverty taskforce, which is expected to say the lifting of the controversial policy would be one of the most effective ways to bring hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty.

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