A mum of five is estimated to get £2,770 a month after Rachel Reeves removed the two child benefit cap in yesterday's Budget . Stay-at-home mum Lisa White, 31, believes she would get an extra £900 a month in benefits as she raises her kids aged between three and 10 with her partner David White, 35, in their Monmouth home in south Wales.

The benefits the family will recieve according to their estimates is the equivalent of a £33,240 salary. The average salary in the Wales is £34,303, according to government data .

The couple have been relying on Universal Credit and child benefits to get by since David was signed off work due to mental health issues. They already get £1,900 a month in benefits, The Mirror reported.

Two-child benefit cap scrapped in dramatic welfare shake-up

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