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Credible child poverty strategy must see two-child limit axed, says Resolution Foundation think tank
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“At local level, it’s different."
SCRAPPING the two-child benefit cap is essential for any credible poverty strategy, a think tank has said.
The Resolution Foundation projected that a three-child limit on benefits could cut child poverty by 320,000 by the end of this parliament.
Labour has been under pressure, including from within the party, to abolish the policy amid record highs rates of child poverty.
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