Welfare U-turn halts plans to scrap two-child benefit cap, ministers and Labour clash
TL;DR
The UK government has reversed its plans to scrap the two-child benefit cap, making welfare spending decisions more complex, as ministers balance cost concerns with efforts to reduce child poverty, amid internal and opposition pressures.
- Welfare U-turn makes spending decisions harder, minister says BBC
- Plan to scrap two-child benefit cap ‘dead in the water’ after welfare U-turn The Independent
- Labour rebels smell blood and plan to force PM to end two-child benefit cap MSN
- Keir Starmer urged not to 'punish' children by keeping two-child cap TheNational.scot
- Welfare retreat means UK cannot axe two-child benefit cap, Rachel Reeves to tell MPs Financial Times
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