Starmer Launches Child Poverty Taskforce Amid Internal Calls to Scrap Benefit Cap

Labour leader faces pressure from MPs and charities to abolish the two-child benefit limit, which affects 1.6 million children.

• Labour backbenchers and cross-party MPs support scrapping the two-child benefit cap.
• The cap prevents parents from claiming benefits for third and subsequent children born after April 2017.
• Keir Starmer's taskforce aims to address child poverty but stops short of immediate policy changes.
• The policy costs affected families approximately £3,455 per child annually.
• Charities argue that abolishing the cap could lift 300,000 children out of poverty.

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