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1 week agoTories would reinstate two-child benefit cap to fund defence, says Badenoch
The Conservatives plan to reinstate the two-child benefit cap to fund a significant military rearmament program in the UK.
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3 months agoStarmer says Reform UK and Tories are in cruel alliance', as bill to get rid of two-child benefit cap unveiled UK politics live
Removing the two-child benefit cap will lift almost 500,000 children out of poverty and restore payments for third and subsequent children.
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4 months agoLeaders hope budget funding will boost Labour in next year's Scotland and Wales elections
Labour leaders in Edinburgh and Cardiff sought credit for the most progressive measures in Rachel Reeves' budget on Wednesday, pinning their hopes for next year's critical elections on a package that increases funding for Scotland and Wales by nearly 2bn. That funding boost and the abolition of the two-child limit for universal credit recipients were seen as a relief in both capitals.
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5 months agoRacism returning to UK politics and people are very scared, says Starmer
Decades-old racism is returning to British politics, and it makes people feel very scared Keir Starmer has said, warning that divisive hard-right politics was tearing our country apart. Speaking to GP and TV personality Amir Khan, the prime minister accused Nigel Farage's Reform UK of overseeing a return of the racist and divisive politics that frankly I thought we had dealt with decades ago.
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