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Health Secretary Calls for End to Two-Child Benefit Cap

11/26/2025

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Health Secretary Wes Streeting urged the government to address child poverty at a King's Fund conference.
Streeting stated that Chancellor Rachel Reeves is likely to scrap the two-child benefit cap in the upcoming Budget.
The two-child cap was introduced in 2017.
The policy has affected more than 1.6 million children.
Streeting described the cap as a "terrible policy" despite its popularity.

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Health Secretary Wes Streeting urged the government to address child poverty at a King's Fund conference.
Streeting stated that Chancellor Rachel Reeves is likely to scrap the two-child benefit cap in the upcoming Budget.
The two-child cap was introduced in 2017.
The policy has affected more than 1.6 million children.
Streeting described the cap as a "terrible policy" despite its popularity.