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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.
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