Two-child limit

Early day motion 2256, tabled 11 November 2025 by Steve Witherden (Labour). Signed by 58 members.

That this House recognises that, since the introduction of the two-child limit in 2017, this policy has had a detrimental impact on child poverty rates across the United Kingdom; believes that abolishing the limit represents the most cost-effective measure to reduce child poverty; notes that Trussell reports that doing so would deliver benefits worth approximately £3.1 billion and lift around 670,000 people out of severe hardship, including 470,000 children, by 2026-27; further notes that 28,900 people in Wales would be lifted out of severe hardship by 2026/27; and calls on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to abolish the two-child limit in its entirety in the forthcoming Autumn Budget, in order to transform the lives of millions of children and families by the end of this Parliament.

Signatures by party: Labour 30, Scottish National Party 9, Green 4, Independent 4, Plaid Cymru 4, Liberal Democrat 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Alliance 1, DUP 1, Labour/Co-operative 1.