Budget 2024 Budget: Labour warned two child benefit cap to hit 900,000 more children by 2030 Labour faces fresh pressure to scrap the two-child benefit cap following its first Budget, after new figures showed… James Moules 31st October, 2024, 11:31 am
News Revealed: PM’s allies help snuff out thorny women’s conference motions on winter fuel, two-child cap and gender Labour women members’ attempts to shape policy on thorny issues including the winter fuel allowance, sex and gender… Tom Belger 20th September, 2024, 10:15 am
Comment ‘Winter fuel debate: Second rebellion in the PLP – where is this going?’ Yesterday’s vote on the Tory motion on the abolition of universal winter fuel payments (yes we are know… Stephen Battlemuch 11th September, 2024, 2:13 pm
Comment ‘Beyond the two-child benefit cap, what should Labour’s long-term strategy against poverty look like?’ This article was originally published on the University of Sheffield SPERI Blog. There’s a very good case for removing the two-child… Benjamin Stokes 22nd August, 2024, 7:00 am
Comment Two-child cap: ‘Rebelling might feel good to the seven, but it’s not real-time politics’ Seven. Just seven? Is that the total number of Labour MPs the remaining Corbyn era anti-Starmer comrades could… Denis MacShane 24th July, 2024, 12:57 pm
Analysis Two-child cap: ‘Why Starmer punished MPs who voted to tackle child poverty’ Few people in Labour will have enjoyed the spectacle of the party whipping its MPs to vote down… Tom Belger 24th July, 2024, 9:35 am
News MPs to vote on amendment to King’s Speech calling for two-child cap be axed MPs will vote on an amendment to the King’s Speech calling for the two-child benefit cap to be… Katie Neame 23rd July, 2024, 12:50 pm
News Two-child cap: Starmer says no ‘silver bullet’ despite ‘strong feeling’ in party Keir Starmer has claimed there is no “silver bullet” to tackle child poverty as pressure continues to build… James Moules 22nd July, 2024, 10:50 am
News King’s Speech: Government to face four amendments on two-child benefit cap The government is set to face four amendments to the King’s Speech over the controversial two-child benefit cap.… Daniel Green 18th July, 2024, 9:37 am