Social Security Benefits: Children
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to remove the two-child benefit cap.
Answered by Sir Stephen Timms
This government is committed to tackling child poverty and the Child Poverty Taskforce is developing an ambitious Child Poverty Strategy which we will publish in the autumn.
We are considering all available levers to give every child the best start in life as part of our strategy.
The commitments at the 2025 Spending Review and since, including the extension of free school meals eligibility to all children in families in receipt of Universal Credit, are key steps in our Plan for Change to put extra pounds in people’s pockets, and a downpayment on the Child Poverty Strategy, building on the expansion of free breakfast clubs, national minimum wage boost, and the cap on Universal Credit deductions through the Fair Repayment Rate.
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