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Labour urged to drop two-child benefit cap
Unacceptable for one of world’s wealthiest nations to fuel child poverty, campaigners charge
Children enjoying playing on swings in a park near Ashford, Kent, March 4, 2017
IT IS unacceptable for one of the world’s wealthiest nations to fuel child poverty through the two-child benefit cap and Labour must act swiftly to drop it, campaigners charged today.
The policy was introduced by George Osborne, heir to a 17th century baronetcy, in 2015.
Dubbed a “sibling penalty,” it prevents parents from claiming universal credit or child tax credit for more than two children.
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