Benefit cap Starmer 'not immune' to plea to scrap
The Guardian|June 18, 2024
Keir Starmer has said he is "not immune" to the powerful argument for scrapping the two-child benefit cap, after experts warned the number of children affected by it will rise by a third in the next five years.
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Benefit cap Starmer 'not immune' to plea to scrap

The Labour leader refused to set out a timeline for when he would scrap the policy, despite previously saying he would ditch it if he could.

"I'm not going to put a date on these things, but I'm not immune from just how powerful an argument this is," Starmer said.

The policy means low-income parents are denied key benefits, including universal credit, for their third and any subsequent children born from April 2017.

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