LABOUR will not remove the two-child benefit cap in the King’s Speech, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has said ...
LABOUR will not remove the two-child benefit cap in the King’s Speech, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has suggested.Breakfast on Tuesday morning and defended her government’s decision to keep the benefits cap – which prevents families from claiming for their third or subsequent children unless they can meet certain conditions, such as proving that the child is a product of rape.
“And the Chancellor has been very clear about that. We said it before the election and we're not going to change course now. McKelvie said:"What Angela is accepting here is that she’s happy to have children in poverty than have the moral or political bravery to end it. "Scrapping the two-child limit this year would cost £2.5 billion. Equalising capital gains with income tax would raise £15bn a year. Labour’s hands are not tied."leader Stephen Flynn urged Labour to use the King’s Speech to do “the bare minimum” and scrap the two-child limit.
Of these, 52% of children were in households with three children, 29% in households with four children, and 19% in households with five or more children.
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