Voters back helping families with policies like scrapping two

The Save the Children and Unicef polling showed across a variety of issues, failing to tackle child poverty was the most likely to damage Labour’s re-election prospects

Tackling poverty through actions like scrapping the two-child limit could boost Labour at the next election, new polling has suggested.

Commissioned by Save the Children and The UK Committee for UNICEF and conducted by Public First before the Budget , the poll surveyed people with a range of voter intentions .

It showed across a variety of issues, failing to tackle child poverty was the most likely to damage Labour’s re-election prospects. READ MORE : Two-child benefit cap scrapped - see how your area will benefit READ MORE : Two-child benefit cap axed in Rachel Reeves' Budget - what it means for you