Heidi Alexander appearing on BBC TV today, Sunday, November 23

Major changes to benefit policy in the UK appear imminent. A policy affecting nearly two million homes appears set to be changed based on a clear hint dropped today by a minister on national television, as well as multiple media reports.

Benefit plans for the Budget have this morning been in the spotlight on the BBC show Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander was asked if the two-child benefit cap was about to end - and if she would be pleased if that happened.

She said: "So I think tackling child poverty is in the DNA of the Labour party. Nobody wants to see kids going without.

"We know that children who are growing up in poverty have a lifetime of consequences associated with that: less li

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