Chancellor Rachel Reeves has got rid of the controversial two-child benefit cap as part of a slew of spending changes in the Autumn budget.

The policy will result in an estimated reduction of child poverty by 450,000 by 2029/30, the Government’s independent spending watchdog said.

However it will also cost about £3billion at the end of this parliament, the Office for Budget Responsibility said in a leaked report before the Budget was announced.

The Government had been under pressure from anti-poverty campaigners and many Labour MPs to end the policy that was brought in under the Conservatives.

The two-child limit came into effect in 2017, meaning most households only get child tax credit and universal credit for their first two children.

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