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Budget Reform Sparks Controversy Over Welfare Inequality

11/29/2025

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After the Budget abolished the two-child cap, modest-income families would be £18,000 worse off than jobless parents on benefits.
Three-child families on Universal Credit could receive £46,000 by next year, versus £28,000 for a working family on the national living wage.
Critics, including Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, say the reform rewards non-working families at taxpayers' expense.
The Centre for Social Justice calls for welfare spending controls to keep work viable.

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After the Budget abolished the two-child cap, modest-income families would be £18,000 worse off than jobless parents on benefits.
Three-child families on Universal Credit could receive £46,000 by next year, versus £28,000 for a working family on the national living wage.
Critics, including Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch, say the reform rewards non-working families at taxpayers' expense.
The Centre for Social Justice calls for welfare spending controls to keep work viable.