THE UK's biggest jobless families could receive a windfall of £3.5billion funded by the taxpayer if plans to lift the two-child benefit cap go ahead.

Since 2017, parents have only been able to claim child tax credit and universal credit for their first two children, if they were born after April 2017.

An exception is made for children born as a result of rape.

Now, Labour and Reform are both pushing to ditch the policy brought in by the Tories.

The Labour party has long been divided over the issue, with Sir Keir Starmer ruling out scrapping the cap in 2023.

However, on Thursday the PM hinted he’s ready to heed the demands of Labour rebels and scrap the two-child benefit cap.

Sir Keir gave his strongest indication yet that he will remove the threshold that limits handouts for

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