Abolishing the two-child benefit cap in its entirety is still “on the table” for the Budget, The i Paper understands.

The Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering a range of options – including partial measures such as reduced payments for third and subsequent children – but a “full fat” policy of completely scrapping the cap has not been ruled out, The i Paper has been told.

It come as after Reform UK leader Nigel Farage used a speech on Monday to clarify his position on the cap, saying he would only remove it for “British working couples”. New Feature

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Reeves is under pressure from Labour MPs to lift the cap, which restricts child tax credit and universal credit to the first two children in most households.

However, scrapping

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