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UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Reeves suggests benefit limits on larger families to be lifted

Proposal to remove family-size limits on working-age benefits, ending the two-child cap to avoid penalising children and reduce child poverty.
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 month ago

Gordon Brown calls for total abolition' of two-child benefit cap

Gordon Brown urged complete abolition of the two-child benefit cap to reduce rising child poverty and press ministers ahead of the upcoming Budget.
#tax-policy
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Leaders 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.
UK politics
#uk-politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month 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.
UK politics
#labour-party
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month 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.
London politics
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.
#andy-burnham
UK politics
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
4 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
5 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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