"Failure to abolish the two-child benefit limit would wreck the government's child poverty ambitions and risk creating levels of hardship not seen under a Labour government for more than half a century, an analysis warns. The Resolution Foundation said political courage was required for ministers to show they are serious about reversing trends that, if not addressed, would push the rate of child poverty to a historic high by the end of the decade."
"The thinktank's analysis concludes: In one fell swoop, the government could reduce the number of children growing up in poverty by 330,000 today and save a further 150,000 children from that fate by 2029-30 if it were bold enough to scrap the two-child limit in full. Aside from the economic and moral case, the Resolution Foundation suggests failing to emulate some of its Labour predecessors by reducing child poverty will tarnish the government's social justice legacy."
Failure to abolish the two-child benefit limit would derail government child poverty ambitions and could create hardship levels unseen under a Labour government for over half a century. Political courage is required to reverse trends that, if unaddressed, would push child poverty to a historic high by decade-end. Partial measures, such as lifting the limit only for working families, would have little meaningful effect on overall child poverty. Scrapping the limit in full could immediately reduce child poverty by 330,000 and prevent a further 150,000 children becoming poor by 2029-30. The limit, introduced in 2017, blocks payments of 3,500 a child for third and subsequent children and is estimated to cost 3.5bn a year.
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