Keir Starmer faced first backbench rebellion over two-child benefit cap, but government comfortably won vote 363-103. Pressure rises to abolish the policy affecting 1.6 million children.
Charities, unions, and former home secretary urge Starmer to scrap the cap, calling it cruel and a driver of child poverty. Labour hesitated due to public finances concerns, causing dissent.
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