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A more robust welfare state won't change the fact that tradeoffs exist, even for relatively wealthy Americans who choose to have kids.

The actress is an ambassador for the charity Action For Children.

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Scrapping the benefit cap will cost around £3 billion by the end of this Parliament, according to the OBR

Ditching the cap will cost about £3 billion by the end of this Parliament, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility.

UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has taken decisive action in getting rid of the two-child limit – a policy that has held a totemic place in the UK for more than a decade. Since 2017, this policy has limited the means-tested support that families can receive from the state to the…

The UK government is expected to soon publish its ten-year child poverty strategy, designed to tackle the root causes of poverty for children.

But the Scottish First Minster said he will instead use the £155 million to further act to reduce child poverty in Scotland.

The right is already in a frenzy about the migrant groups it thinks will benefit – and the budget contained other trade-offs, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan