Pressure grows on Labour to remove the two-child benefit cap - here’s everything you need to know

The cap, which was introduced by the previous Conservative government, has been criticised for worsening child poverty

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street for the House of Commons.
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Labour leader Keir Starmer is under growing pressure to scrap the controversial two-child benefit cap, despite defeating a King's Speech amendment on Tuesday evening that called for the limit to be removed.

The cap, which was introduced previously by the Conservatives, has been criticised for worsening child poverty, with the policy restricting child welfare payments to just the first two children born to most families.

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Chris Newlands

Chris is a freelance journalist, and was previously an editor and correspondent at the Financial Times as well as the business and money editor at The i Newspaper. He is also the author of the Virgin Money Maker, the personal finance guide published by Virgin Books, and has written for the BBC, The Wall Street Journal, The Independent, South China Morning Post, TimeOut, Barron's and The Guardian. He is a graduate in Economics.