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Child benefit cap to be lifted

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GrannyGravy13 Sun 25-May-25 12:54:56

ronib

This will be great news for Boris and Carrie …..

Why?

This is not Family allowance/Child Benefit it is the number of children you claim for if you are in receipt of benefits, Universal Credit.

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ronib Sun 25-May-25 12:50:46

This will be great news for Boris and Carrie …..

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Wyllow3 Sun 25-May-25 12:41:08

Yes, I noticed what Farage claimed, "its all due to him" and that is why I have written above about just how much pressure we in the L Party have been putting on our MP's from the very outset

Farage would claim that, wouldn't he? Anything to gain political capital. And he hasn't said how it would be paid for, of course.

Badenoch has decried them both today

"Kemi Badenoch has blasted Keir Starmer and Nigel Farage for making promises they “can’t deliver” if they pledge to scrap the two-child benefit cap.

Taking aim at the Reform leader amid reports he’s planning to outflank the prime minister on benefits by committing to restoring winter fuel payments and scrapping the two-child benefit cap, she said: "He's making the same mistake that Keir Starmer made of making promises, and then they'll get into government and can't deliver it."

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GrannyGravy13 Sun 25-May-25 12:34:25

If it goes ahead I would welcome the U turn.

Yet again Reform announce what they would do, and hey presto KS follows up with his announcement…

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Wyllow3 Sun 25-May-25 12:26:00

Both matters which many of us in the LP have been pushing for a very long time for the moment of announcement.

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Wyllow3 Sun 25-May-25 12:22:42

It's heading up several headlines this morning.

Starmer will end the two child limit. This means families can claim tax credits can be paid for further children. đź‘Źđź‘Ź

"Keir Starmer has told cabinet ministers that he wants to scrap the two-child benefit cap and has asked the Treasury to identify ways to fund the plan.

With Labour MPs threatening to rebel over the government’s welfare reforms, the prime minister has privately made clear that he is determined to axe the limit in order to drive down child poverty.

“Keir wants to end the two-child cap – he thinks it’s the right thing to do,” one minister said. “It’s the best and most cost-effective way to reduce child poverty. The alternatives cost more and are less effective.”

observer.co.uk/news/national/article/starmer-to-scrap-two-child-benefit-cap-as-treasury-told-to-find-money

Its being suggested that the money could be found as follows
"One idea being discussed in Whitehall is to fund the measure through a levy on online gambling companies, which are already the subject of a Treasury review"

(Meanwhile of course the government is considering scrapping/altering the WFA, but that a been covered on other threads).

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