Labour Faces Growing Demands to End Two-Child Benefit Cap

New statistics reveal over 1.6 million children affected as calls for policy change intensify.

More than 1.6 million children are impacted by the two-child benefit cap, up from 1.5 million last year.
Campaigners argue the policy drives child poverty, with large families disproportionately affected.
Labour has not yet committed to scrapping the cap, citing economic constraints.
The Church of England and multiple charities describe the cap as 'cruel' and 'unnecessary'.
The Resolution Foundation estimates abolishing the cap could lift 490,000 children out of poverty.