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Thousands more in poverty, say campaigners ahead of two-child limit anniversary

Organisations working in the sector argue that 109 children across the UK are pulled into poverty by the policy every day.

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2025

Controversial two-child benefit cap ‘plunges extra 30,000 children into poverty since Labour came to power’

Eight anniversary of the welfare limit, brought in by former Tory chancellor George Osborne as one of his austerity measures, this weekend

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2025

Mothers in High Court challenge over two-child limit ‘rape clause’

Child Poverty Action Group, which is supporting the women’s case, has described the current benefit rules as ‘inhumane’.

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2024

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Labour's two-child cap pushing 100 children into poverty every day, study says

MORE than 100 children have been pulled into poverty by the two-child cap every day since Labour took office, new research has found ...

The National (Scotland) · Oct 7, 2024

Thousands more children in poverty since Labour came to power because of two-child benefit cap, charity claims

Labour urged to abolish the two-child benefit gap by charities who say the damage it causes ‘grows every day’

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2024

At least 10,000 children have fallen into poverty under Labour, analysis finds

Campaigners say key reason for rising hardship is two-child benefit cap, which PM and chancellor have refused to axe

The Guardian - UK · Oct 6, 2024

Keir Starmer under fresh pressure to lift two-child benefit cap in October

The prime minister is facing renewed calls to scrap the austerity-era policy after a senior party figure suggested it would not be removed by chancellor Rachel Reeves in the statement this autumn

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2024

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Pressure grows on Rachel Reeves to end two-child benefit cap in next budget

Campaigners are warning the chancellor that any delay will keep hundreds of thousands of children in poverty

The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2024

Stuart Weir obituary

Editor of the New Statesman who helped to launch Charter 88, the constitutional reform pressure group

The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2024

Labour should scrap two-child benefit cap sooner rather than later

Families cannot afford to wait until UK government says there is money to spare to make such a decision

The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2024

Labour pressed to end two-child benefit cap with 1.6m youngsters affected

Campaigners say figure is shameful and that Tory policy is single biggest driver of child poverty

The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2024

Pressure ramps up on Labour to ditch ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap as 1.6 million children impacted

Some 592,000 children were affected by the policy in 2019, and the figure has increased by 100,000 in the past year

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2024

Gordon Brown sparks anger from SNP with General Election intervention

GORDON Brown has been slammed after an intervention in the Scottish General Election campaign ...

The National (Scotland) · Jul 2, 2024

DWP benefit cap: what is it and is it changing?

Some benefits will increase in April, but what does that mean for those impacted by the benefit cap?

Evening Standard · Feb 1, 2024

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The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023

‘School staff seeing more students who do not have enough dinner money’

It comes as one headteacher said child poverty is the worst she has seen it during her 25 years in the role.

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2023

‘Families could lose financial lifeline unless more benefits help given’

Hundreds of claimants have not claimed Universal Credit at all and had their current benefit payments terminated, a charity said.

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2023

Children’s charity urges scrapping of benefit cap on ‘unhappy’ 10th anniversary

The policy was introduced in 2013 under the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition to end the days of ‘blank cheque benefits’.

The Guardian - UK · May 11, 2023

Sending child to state secondary school costs UK families £39 a week, study says

Low-income families in England face highest costs compared with Scotland and Wales due to fewer benefits

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Daily Record · Apr 6, 2023

More than 80% of families struggled to pay utility bills last year, study shows

Report reveals 'suffering and hardship' as families battle to meet children's basic needs during cost-of-living crisis

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2023

More than 1m children growing up in poverty under two-child benefits limit

Cumulative impact of limit means it could eventually affect about 3m children in UK, study finds

The National (Scotland) · Mar 23, 2023

One in four Scottish children in poverty – but UK-wide it's even worse, data shows

ONE in four Scottish children is living in poverty – and two-thirds of those are in a household with someone who is in paid employment, according…

Evening Standard · Feb 15, 2023

Raising the kids: Can Britain afford the increasing costs of parenthood?

The cost-of-living crisis is exacerbating Britain’s falling birth rate, which bodes ill for the future

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2022

Four million children now live in households on universal credit

Feed the Future:The Independent is calling on the government to provide free school meals to more children in need

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2022

Parents in full-time work unable to reach ‘acceptable’ living standard, study finds

Benefits must rise with inflation, say campaigners as families’ financial struggles revealed

The Independent UK · Oct 8, 2022

Raising benefits in line with wages ‘would push 200,000 children into poverty’

Campaigners have warned ministers ‘U-turning on children’s futures cannot be an option’.

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