Sir Keir Starmer will face pressure from MPs, including from inside his own party, to abolish the two-child benefit cap today. James Cleverly has said there is a 'reasonable' chance he will stand to be Tory leader. Meanwhile, Suella Braverman has said she would vote for Donald Trump.
We've been discussing the two-child benefit cap a lot this week, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces pressure from his own MPs to scrap the measure.Sir Keir has said there isn't a 'silver bullet' that could solve child poverty in the UK, and his party has repeatedly said it will not commit to scrapping the measure without the funds to back it.
But what exactly is the two-child benefit cap?In short, the measure prevents parents from claiming Universal Credit or a child tax credit for a third child, with a few exceptions.The cap was introduced by then Chancellor George Osborne as part of a raft of changes to the benefits system in 2015, but came into effect in April 2017.The amount a family is given to help with raising a child depends on their income, the size of their family, and their childcare costs.
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