"I am clear that everything is on the table, and that includes removing the two-child limit,"
"single biggest policy we could do to address child poverty"
"punished and pushed children into hardship"
"unforced errors"
Scrapping the two-child benefit cap is being considered as a policy option to tackle child poverty. The education secretary places child poverty at the center of a deputy leadership campaign and emphasizes commitment to addressing hardship. Benefits policy has become a central battleground in the leadership contest, which will be decided by party members online. Ministers plan a delayed strategy on child poverty this autumn that may include reversing the 2017 limit. Party leadership has previously linked any removal of the cap to economic conditions. Rival campaigners call for clearer timing and criticize welfare policy errors.
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