Scrap two-child cap or poverty will soar, warn charities
Letter to PM outlines best way to reduce hardship
Prime Minister Keir Starmer ahead of bilateral talks with Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley at 10 Downing Street, London, April 4, 2025
CHARITIES have urged the Prime Minister to scrap two-child limit, warning child poverty could hit record highs under Labour if it fails to do so.
Dubbed the “sibling penalty,” the cap blocks families from claiming universal credit or child tax credit for more than two children.
According to Child Poverty Action Group, scrapping the policy would lift 350,000 children out of poverty and ease hardship for another 700,000.
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