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Rachel Reeves faces a revolt over a Department for Work and Pensions announcement coming within the next 48 hours. The Labour Party Chancellor is set to scrap the two-child benefit cap from Wednesday, November 26, as part of her Autumn Budget.

But the changes, alongside uplifts to Universal Credit payments and other above-inflation hikes, risks the fury of the electorate, she has been warned. Senior figures in the party fear Reeves will face a major public backlash unless she makes clear that the government will try again to cut the wider welfare bill.

“She has to hint that something on cutting the bill is coming,” one said. “There are so many other audiences out there, it’s not just the [Parliamentary Labour Party]. They have to say to the PLP ‘we will give you this, but

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