THERE are growing fears that ministers will use the introduction of free breakfast clubs in all primary schools in England as an excuse to reject scrapping the two-child benefit cap this summer. 

Labour promised to roll out the breakfast club policy during its first term in office as part of its general election pledges.

It has refused to scrap the ban on families claiming child tax credits or universal credit for more than two children, despite experts and charities saying such a move would be a far more effective way of reducing poverty.