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The UK Chancellor is scrapping the two-child benefit cap

Rachel Reeves’s tax and spending changes were revealed earlier than expected after an official forecast was accidentally published

The Office for Budget Responsibility published the document before midday on Wednesday

The Chancellor has scrapped the two-child benefit cap among a raft of tax and spending changes announced in the UK budget .

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has published what appears to be its forecast for the public finances and the economy ahead of Rachel Reeves’ announcement.

The limit was introduced by the Conservatives and restricts Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit to the first two children in most households.

Estimates suggest that scrapping the cap could lift 350,000 childre

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