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UK Lifts Two-Child Benefit Cap, Aiming to Reduce Child Poverty

4/10/2026

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The UK government has lifted the two-child benefit cap, a policy blamed for pushing 350,000 children into poverty.
Chancellor George Osborne introduced the cap.
The reversal is expected to lift 450,000 children out of poverty by 2030 and aid 480,000 families.
The Labour Party faces pressure to promote the reversal while other parties may seek to reinstate the cap.

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Story summary

The UK government has lifted the two-child benefit cap, a policy blamed for pushing 350,000 children into poverty.
Chancellor George Osborne introduced the cap.
The reversal is expected to lift 450,000 children out of poverty by 2030 and aid 480,000 families.
The Labour Party faces pressure to promote the reversal while other parties may seek to reinstate the cap.