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High child poverty rates fuel calls to end two-child benefit cap in UK

The government has signalled a review of the two-child cap, with charities warning it leaves more than 1.6 million children in poverty ahead of a strategy due later this year.

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Overview

  • New Loughborough University data show 32% of children in Yorkshire and Humber, 27% in the south west and 35% in London live in relative poverty after housing costs.
  • In Bradford West and Bradford East, more than 55% of children are in poverty, ranking among the highest constituency rates nationwide.
  • The two-child benefit cap currently affects over 1.6 million children and is strongly linked to higher poverty rates across regions.
  • Labour MPs and charities including Action for Children and Child Poverty Action Group are pressing the government to scrap the cap to alleviate child deprivation.
  • A government spokesperson confirmed an ambitious child poverty strategy will be published later this year after the Prime Minister signalled consideration of scrapping the cap.