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Hammond urged to scrap 2-kid limit for UC claimants

CHANCELLOR Philip Hammond should scrap the two-child limit for low-income families’ benefits, Unison said ahead of tomorrow’s Spring Statement.

Parents currently on universal credit (UC) only get the tax-credit elements for the first two children if their younger sons or daughters were born on or after April 6 2017.

Unison says the policy is unfair, causing financial hardship for Britain’s most hard-up families.

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