Sir Keir Starmer has strongly hinted the two-child profit cap shall be scrapped on the funds – after the chancellor did the identical.
Requested if he could be eliminating the cap, the prime minister advised ITV: “We can’t have to attend for much longer, however I would not be telling you that we will drive down youngster poverty if I wasn’t clear that we’ll be taking plenty of measures so as to take action.”
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On Monday, Chancellor Rachel Reeves also signalled she will lift the cap, which presently means households can’t declare youngster advantages for greater than their first two youngsters.
“I do not assume that it is proper {that a} youngster is penalised as a result of they’re in an even bigger household, via no fault of their very own,” she advised the BBC.
“So we are going to take motion on youngster poverty.”
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Ms Reeves additionally talked about she had spoken to former Labour PM and chancellor Gordon Brown on Sunday and Monday.
He advised Sky Information on Monday morning he’s “confident” the two-child benefit cap will change on the funds.
Mr Brown, who has lengthy campaigned to get it lifted, stated: “I’m assured that the two-child rule shall be addressed.
“We’re ready for Rachel Reeves’s funds, which I believe will point out this.
“Keir Starmer, I do know is personally involved and on this.
“So I am hopeful that within the subsequent few weeks we’ll see the sort of motion that we have been speaking about.”
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The present Labour authorities has had a tough relationship with the coverage, with the PM suspending seven of his MPs two weeks after profitable the election for voting towards the federal government to elevate the cap.
Lifting it’ll value £2.8bn, one thing ministers have needed to grapple with as they attempt to plug a rising financial black gap.
Ms Reeves additionally talked about Mr Brown is considered one of her political heroes as a result of he did a lot to elevate youngsters out of poverty, and stated it was the explanation she went into politics.
