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MPs' Mistake Could Lift 450,000 Children Out of Poverty

2/4/2026

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Reform MPs Suella Braverman and Robert Jenrick mistakenly voted to abolish the two-child limit after entering wrong lobby, potentially lifting 450,000 children out of poverty.
Labour's draft law to scrap the two-child limit passed its first parliamentary hurdle in a 458 to 104 vote.
Chancellor Rachel confirmed the 2017 policy will be axed from April and that it limits Child Tax Credits and Universal Credit to first two children.

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Reform MPs Suella Braverman and Robert Jenrick mistakenly voted to abolish the two-child limit after entering wrong lobby, potentially lifting 450,000 children out of poverty.
Labour's draft law to scrap the two-child limit passed its first parliamentary hurdle in a 458 to 104 vote.
Chancellor Rachel confirmed the 2017 policy will be axed from April and that it limits Child Tax Credits and Universal Credit to first two children.