Rachel Reeves declared today that she was scrapping the divisive two-child benefit cap in a major win for Labour backbenchers and campaigners.

As HuffPost UK revealed in September, the chancellor has confirmed in her Budget that the government is dropping the restrictions which stopped families from claiming more of universal credit on any children after their second.

Though it will cost the Treasury £3 billion a year, the government intend to fund it by increasing taxes paid by the gambling industry.

Reeves told the Commons today: “There are many reasons why people choose to have children and then find themselves in difficult times: The death of a partner, ill health, a lost job. I don’t believe children should bear the brunt of that.”

It was a moment of light-relief in the gove

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