Two child benefit cap

Early day motion 170, tabled 7 December 2023 by Jon Trickett (Labour). Signed by 24 members.

That this House strongly opposes the continuation of the cruel and unnecessary two child limit for benefits, introduced by the Government in 2017; notes that recent research shows that one in 10 children live in households affected by the two-child limit, that is 1.5 million children; highlights the University of York and Nuffield Trust report which states that the two child limit along with the benefit cap have contributed to the rising levels of child poverty and that they are poverty-producing policies; strongly advocates scrapping the two child limit, noting the House of Commons Library data that shows if the cap was removed it would lift 270,000 households out of poverty at a cost of just £1.4 billion, far less than the Government’s £5 billion claim; and finally notes that the current Government has overseen a huge increase in child poverty since 2010, with a majority of children living in poverty in households where at least one adult is in work.

Signatures by party: Labour 9, Scottish National Party 4, Independent 3, Plaid Cymru 3, Labour/Co-operative 2, DUP 1, Green 1, Workers Party 1.