Pressure grows on Rachel Reeves to end two-child benefit cap in next budget
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from www.theguardian.com4 weeks ago
"It is disappointing that Labour is not leaping at the opportunity to axe the two-child cap and immediately lift 400,000 children out of poverty." - Kim Johnson, Labour MP
www.theguardian.comhttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/21/pressure-grows-on-rachel-reeves-to-end-two-child-benefit-cap-in-next-budget
"The two-child limit has become a symbol of the new government's lack of appreciation of the need for urgent radical action." - John McDonnell, former shadow chancellor
www.theguardian.comhttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/21/pressure-grows-on-rachel-reeves-to-end-two-child-benefit-cap-in-next-budget
"The taskforce is a welcome step but it's not set to report back until spring. It is untenable that a Labour government takes no action until then." - Kim Johnson
www.theguardian.comhttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/21/pressure-grows-on-rachel-reeves-to-end-two-child-benefit-cap-in-next-budget
"Among the measures being considered by the chancellor are keeping the benefit limit in place and limiting departmental spending rises to an average of just 1% above inflation a year." - The Guardian
www.theguardian.comhttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/aug/21/pressure-grows-on-rachel-reeves-to-end-two-child-benefit-cap-in-next-budget
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