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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Aine Fox

Two-child benefit cap closer to being scrapped as MPs vote to ditch policy

The Conservatives have previously said they would reinstate the policy (Nick Ansell/PA) -

The controversial two-child benefit cap has moved a step closer to being scrapped after legislation cleared the first stage in Parliament.

The policy, introduced under the Conservatives in 2017, was branded a political exercise in division between the “deserving and undeserving poor” during a debate in the Commons ahead of Tuesday’s vote.

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