Labour hints it will bin child benefit cap
The Sunday Mirror|June 04, 2023
Angry MP blasts 'vicious' Tory policy
ASHLEY COWBURN
Labour hints it will bin child benefit cap

LABOUR'S welfare chief has hinted the party will scrap the "vicious" Tory child benefit cap.

Ministers introduced the policy six years ago in a bid to save money and spur more people into seeking work.

But limiting support to just the first two children has driven families with more kids into poverty.

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