The majority of MPs voted against the calls to lift the two-child benefit cap. The policy prevents parents from claiming child tax credit or universal credit for more than two children and affects more than 28,000 families in Greater Manchester, according to recent data.
Some MPs in Greater Manchester have called for the benefit cap, which was introduced by the Conservatives in 2017, to be scrapped. This includes two Labour MPs - one of whom has now been suspended from the party for rebelling in the vote on Tuesday.
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