Keir Starmer Faces Pressure Over Two-Child Benefit Cap

Critics argue the policy exacerbates child poverty, affecting millions, while Labour leader resists immediate repeal.

• Institute for Fiscal Studies reports 670,000 more children will be affected by the cap in the next five years.
• Scrapping the cap could lift 300,000 children out of poverty, according to child welfare advocates.
• The policy, introduced in 2017, limits benefits to the first two children in a family.
• Labour leader Keir Starmer cites financial constraints as reason for not committing to repeal.
• Critics from across the political spectrum call the cap 'cruel' and 'indefensible.'

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