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fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 weeks ago

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

Fully scrapping the two-child benefit cap is essential to prevent rising child poverty, costing about 3.5bn a year amid a 40bn budget shortfall.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

The 3.6 billion scheme which could lift 630,000 children out of poverty

Reversing the two-child benefit cap could cost about £3.6 billion and lift roughly 630,000 children out of poverty, with cheaper partial options available.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Racism 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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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Lucy Powell says Labour must stand by promise not to raise key taxes

Labour insists the government should keep its manifesto pledge not to raise income tax, national insurance, or VAT while lifting the two-child benefit cap urgently.
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

Labour MPs back gambling tax to fight child poverty

Labour MPs urge a gambling levy to fund removal of the two-child benefit cap to lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty.
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fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

'Baby bank was there for me when I needed it'

Two-child benefit cap forces families to rely on baby banks and charities while cost pressures, low benefit rates, housing and childcare problems remain.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Lucy Powell: Labour should raise gambling taxes to axe two-child benefit cap

Raise taxes on gambling firms to fund abolition of the two-child benefit cap and lift children out of poverty.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 months ago

UK hasn't seen poverty like this for 60 years, says Gordon Brown

Britain faces a severe poverty crisis, requiring urgent policy changes to address the two-child benefit cap and improve social conditions.
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
4 months ago

Welfare U-turn makes spending decisions harder, minister says

Government's U-turn on welfare changes complicates spending decisions, with the two-child benefit cap still under consideration.
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