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Child Poverty Soars: Two-Child Limit Faces Urgent Repeal

10/30/2025

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A Resolution Foundation report warns that keeping the two-child limit could raise UK child poverty to historic highs.
Abolishing the limit could lift 330,000 children from poverty immediately and prevent 150,000 more by 2029-30.
Projections show measures, including universal credit increases, are insufficient, with poverty rising from 31% to 34% by 2029-30.
The government faces pressure to repeal the limit because partial measures would not align with Labour's poverty strategy.

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A Resolution Foundation report warns that keeping the two-child limit could raise UK child poverty to historic highs.
Abolishing the limit could lift 330,000 children from poverty immediately and prevent 150,000 more by 2029-30.
Projections show measures, including universal credit increases, are insufficient, with poverty rising from 31% to 34% by 2029-30.
The government faces pressure to repeal the limit because partial measures would not align with Labour's poverty strategy.