Families must not be let down on the two-child limit this budget

The two-child limit on benefits policy was introduced by David Cameron and George Osborne in 2017. It has been a disaster for children and their families.

The rule means that families affected by it, receive around £3,500 per year for each of their first two children through the child element of universal credit and nothing for their third or subsequent children. It must be scrapped in full at the budget – without compromise.

The cap leaves almost 1.7 million children living in almost half a million families trapped in poverty . It is the reason why 109 children each day are born into poverty.

As we head towards the budget on 26 November and the release of the UK government’s Child Poverty Strategy , it’s evident this is the most important moment in a decade for the families we