Labour MPs Challenge Starmer Over Two-Child Benefit Cap
A group of MPs calls for the policy's removal, arguing it would lift 300,000 children out of poverty.
- Thirty-five MPs, including former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, support scrapping the cap.
- The policy, introduced in 2017, affects over 1.6 million children in the UK.
- Labour's leadership has resisted the move, citing budget constraints.
- Critics label the cap as 'cruel' and 'punitive' towards struggling families.
- The Resolution Foundation estimates the policy's removal would cost up to £3.6 billion.
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