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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Nina Lloyd

Starmer calls two-child benefit cap a ‘failed social experiment’ that had to go

Keir Starmer has fiercely criticised the two-child benefit cap, labelling it a "failed social experiment" following Rachel Reeves’ announcement of its abolition within her Budget.

The Prime Minister leader argued that scrapping the limit, projected to cost £3 billion by the end of the Parliament, would lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty , calling it "an investment in Britain’s future".

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