"I don't really care what colour a kid's skin is some deserve to be in poverty and some don't? That makes me pretty angry, she said. Does Nigel Farage want to go around and say: White? Yeah, you can have the money. Black? No, I'm sorry, it's not for you.' What sort of country does he think we are? If you're the mum next door who works in the NHS, has lived here all her life, her kids lived here all their life,"
"Keir Starmer will champion the lifting of the cap on a visit to Bedfordshire on Thursday, saying Reform and the Conservatives' opposition to the change exposes the deep division and decline of their agendas. Nigel Farage seems intent on linking arms with the Conservatives in a cruel alliance to push kids who need help back into poverty. This child poverty pact is something that should worry us all. These aren't numbers on a spreadsheet these are children's life chances at stake,"
Rachel Reeves said Nigel Farage's suggestion to lift the two-child benefit cap only for British-born families would effectively keep some children in poverty based on origin or skin colour. The chancellor will introduce legislation to lift the cap on Thursday and said timing had to align with market stability. Farage said Reform UK would vote against scrapping the two-child limit, citing concerns it would benefit large numbers of foreign-born people. Keir Starmer and the prime minister will publicly champion lifting the cap and warn that opposing the change risks pushing children back into poverty. Labour produced analysis on restricting additional benefits to households with two working parents.
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