End of 2 Child Benefit Limit

End of Benefit Cap

At present (2024), nearly half a million families are hit by at least one of these policies.

Although the benefit cap affects out-of-work families only,

this is not the case for the two-child limit, and six out of ten families affected by the two-child limit today contain at least one adult that is in work.

Source: https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/catastophic-caps/

END LIMIT OF 2 CHILDREN FOR BENEFIT

• End 2 Child Benefit Limit.
• End Benefit Cap.

Background

Resolution Foundation:

..."Scrapping the two-child limit would be one of the most efficient ways to drive down child poverty rates.

If abolished today, 490,000 children would be lifted out of poverty" ...

https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/catastophic-caps/

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