A pregnant mum-of-two says she wants "5 kids" after Rachel Reeves's Budget hiked her benefit allowance from £28,628 to £32,480. Juliette Howard, 25, from Leicestershire, is among the beneficiaries of Labour's plans to a bolish the two-child benefit cap , which is expected to lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty and cost £3 billion by the end of this Parliament.

While Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer argues that the move is "an investment in Britain's future" and will likely help many struggling families, it also risks disincentivising jobless parents from seeking employment.

The change, which makes families of all sizes eligible for the child element of Universal Credit (UC), is expected to hand half a million households an extra £5,310 per year. Ms Howard, who woul

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