Kendall rules out lifting two-child benefit cap, but says child poverty a priority
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Two-child benefit cap ‘plunges extra 30,000 children into poverty under Labour’
Eight anniversary of the welfare limit, brought in by former Tory chancellor George Osborne as one of his austerity measures, this weekend
Liz Kendall admits it would be 'personal failure' if child poverty is still rising at next election - The Mirror
The Work and Pensions Secretary told The Mirror child poverty "will be going down" - despite a grim official analysis of her department's welfare cuts
Kendall rules out lifting two-child benefit cap, but says child poverty a priority
Liz Kendall has admitted it would be a personal failure if child poverty does not fall under her watch, but refused to commit to scrapping the two-child benefit cap.The Work and Pensions Secretary insisted the number of children living in poverty “will be going down” under the Labour Government – saying she would not break her promise.But Kendall would not be drawn on whether the Government is any closer to scrapping the two-child benefit limit,…
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