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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
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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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