LEGAL experts and politicians hit out at the Westminster government today, accusing it of breaching children’s rights with the two-child benefit cap. 

Children’s commissioners in the devolved parts of the UK told the Tories that there is no excuse for continuing to breach youngsters’ rights with their benefits policy.

The commissioners say the policy, which prevents families from claiming some benefit payments for their third and subsequent children, breaches youngsters’ right to an adequate standard of living and is contributing to a rising gap in poverty levels between families with three or more children and smaller households.