Reeves warned she must end child benefit cap altogether or face rise in poverty

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"Fully scrapping the two-child limit on benefits is an essential step towards achieving lower child poverty rates in 2029/30 than in 2024/25. No partial repeal of the policy is sufficient to keep child poverty rates from rising. But the cost of lifting the cap altogether is believed to be 3.5bn a year, at a time when Ms Reeves has to fill a budget black hole estimated at 40bn and is also seeking more headroom flexibility to deal with economic shocks."

The Independent covers major topics including reproductive rights, climate change and Big Tech and funds on-the-ground journalism through donations while avoiding paywalls. The outlet investigates financials such as Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC and produces documentaries like 'The A Word' that spotlight American women fighting for reproductive rights. The Resolution Foundation, whose former director Torsten Bell is now a Treasury minister, warned that fully scrapping the two-child benefits limit is essential to reduce child poverty by 2029/30; partial repeal would not prevent rising child poverty. Lifting the cap is estimated to cost 3.5bn a year amid a 40bn budget gap.

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