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Reform UK’s Child Benefit Proposal Sparks Controversy and Criticism

2/4/2026

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Reform UK proposes lifting the two-child benefit cap only for British families where both parents work full-time.
Critics, including Labour MPs and Conservative MPs, call the policy racist and discriminatory.
Reform argues the change would prevent welfare abuse.
The government plans to abolish the cap entirely, claiming it will lift 550,000 children out of poverty by 2030.

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Story summary

Reform UK proposes lifting the two-child benefit cap only for British families where both parents work full-time.
Critics, including Labour MPs and Conservative MPs, call the policy racist and discriminatory.
Reform argues the change would prevent welfare abuse.
The government plans to abolish the cap entirely, claiming it will lift 550,000 children out of poverty by 2030.