REFORM and the Tories would push 19,000 families back into poverty in Wales, Labour has warned ahead of May’s elections to the Senedd.

The two right-wing parties are planning to reinstate the two-child benefit cap in Wales, despite the Labour government in Westminster finally acting to scrap it.

First Minister Eluned Morgan said: “The cruel and unfair two-child limit imposed by the Tories has hit the incomes of people in some of our most vulnerable communities in Wales.

“While your two Labour governments are putting more money in families’ pockets, Reform and the Tories would plunge 450,000 children across the UK back into poverty by reimplementing the policy.” 

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said: “Because of Labour’s action, 19,000 families in Wales will have more money in their pockets, with 69,000 more children growing up in households with the means to meet their needs. 

“The Reform-Tory Child Poverty Pact would wipe out this progress.”