Budget 2025: What measures might the Chancellor introduce?
In exactly two week, Rachel Reeves will deliver her second Budget. The Chancellor has said she will “deal…
two child benefit cap
‘Labour must abolish the two child limit in full and with pride’
Next month marks 60 years since Child Poverty Action Group first wrote to a Prime Minister. The PM…
Ben Cooper Column: ‘Gaining public consent for scrapping the two child cap is difficult but essential’
With both Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell condemning the two-child limit in the deputy leadership race, and growing…
‘Lift the two-child cap and enable every child to fulfil their potential’
In my role as Chair of the Treasury Select Committee I attend a number of events at the…
More than eight in ten Labour members support end to two-child benefit cap
More than eight in ten Labour members support ending the two-child benefit limit, according to a new poll.…
‘The Spending Review didn’t go far enough to deal with child poverty’
This week’s Spending Review simply didn’t go far enough to deal with child poverty. Especially in constituencies like…
New welfare cut fears over winter fuel U-turn – as readers say scrap two-child cap
The government’s U-turn on winter fuel has sparked fears there could be more welfare cuts amid a scramble…
‘Instead of scrapping the two child benefit cap – invest in Sure Start’
Tackling child poverty is a necessity for a Labour government. Scrapping the two-child benefit cap would help do…
‘Ignore stereotypes. Reform-leaning Labour voters dislike the two-child cap’
It’s all too easy to come to lazy assumptions about where people’s views will sit on various political…
Will Labour’s seven suspended rebel MPs get the whip back?
January 23 will mark six months since seven Labour MPs lost the party whip for voting against the…
