Mel Stride says scrapping the two-child limit is the ‘wrong choice’
The Tory MP thinks scrapping a policy that has pushed hundreds of thousands of children into poverty is the ‘wrong choice’
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Five key takeaways from the Autumn Budget
There were some radical choices in Rachel Reeves’ Budget, but some will leave low and middle-income workers paying the price for reducing the national debt
Labour confirms abolition of two-child cap which will reduce child poverty by 450,000
The removal of the cap will benefit 560,000 families by an average of £5,310 per year and reduce child poverty by 450,000, according to the OBR.
Nigel Farage’s proposed benefits ban for EU citizens ‘designed to jeopardise’ UK-EU relationship, says campaign group
Reform has outlined a set of policies to plug the fiscal black hole, but Best for Britain says Farage’s plans would leave the country “worse off”
Richard Burgon MP: Labour Must Tax Wealth and Deliver Emergency Action on the Cost of Living
Labour must also take urgent action to deal with the social emergency facing millions right here and now.
Keir Starmer signals two child benefit cap could be lifted
“You won’t have to wait much longer…”
Current leadership is ‘killing Labour’, Neal Lawson argues in damning article
Factional operators have undermined Labour in government, the Compass director has argued.
Labour restores whip to four MPs who voted against welfare cuts
‘There will always be disagreements in politics, what defines us is how we resolve them.’
Nothing will change until the political system is freed from the clutches of corporations and the super-rich
The law is being used to enforce existing power structures for the benefit of the few
Gordon Brown demands ‘total abolition’ of two-child benefit limit ahead of Budget
“Total abolition is far preferable to any tapering or any other kind of reform that would not abolish the two-child rule in its entirety.”