Keir Starmer accused of creating new welfare trap by scrapping two-child benefit cap

Labour warned larger families now have ‘substantial’ incentive to claim sickness benefits in order to gain fully from the change ...

Two-child benefit cap to be lifted from April 2026

Families receiving Universal Credit typically receive an additional £3,514 per year for each child they have, but the ...

Budget 2025: DWP Universal Credit, PIP and Child Benefit rises - full amounts

Annual spending on health and disability benefits is now predicted to rise from £83.1 billion in 2025/26 to £103.6 billion in ...

Removing two-child benefit cap will be 'life-changing'

With rising costs in recent years, a mum-of-four tells BBC News NI she thinks about household finances constantly.
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'Benefits street' is a devastatingly low blow for children living in poverty in the UK

Tabloids labelled the end of the two-child limit on benefits the 'opening of benefits street'. Joseph Howes explains why this ...

Martin Lewis explains two-child benefit scrap from April - 'get more benefits'

Money expert Martin Lewis says people who previously would be capped on the amount of benefits they can get for more than two ...

Two-child benefit cap to be scrapped from next year

The policy, introduced under the Tories, means parents can only claim universal credit for their first two children.

Two-child benefit cap scrapped - see how your area will benefit

You can see how many children are impacted by the policy in each constituency by using our interactive map. The map also ...

Why benefit payments are rising by £5,300 for families after two-child cap lifted

Rachel Reeves has scrapped the two-child benefit cap in her budget in a move that is projected to increase payments to half a ...

Two-child benefit limit scrapped by Chancellor - what you need to know

Removing the limit is vital given that spending on local welfare assistance by councils dropped by nearly half over the last decade ...

Starmer calls two-child benefit cap a ‘failed social experiment’ that had to go

Keir Starmer has fiercely criticised the two-child benefit cap, labelling it a "failed social experiment" following Rachel ...

Two-child benefit cap officially scrapped in UK budget

Documents revealed it will cost the taxpayer £2.3 billion in 2026-27 - but saves Scottish ministers £155 million. The Scottish Government intended to mitigate the cap from April 2026. The cap was ...