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Welsh FM faces questions on two-child benefit cap and winter fuel allowance
First Minister of Wales Eluned Morgan speaks during the Labour Party Conference at the ACC Liverpool, September 23, 2024

POVERTY in Wales dominated today’s First Minister’s Questions as Eluned Morgan was quizzed about the two-child benefit cap and the winter fuel allowance.

Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Jane Dodds told the First Minister that 43 per cent of children in households of three or more are now at risk of relative poverty, which is 100,000 children in Wales. 

“The two-child benefit cap is a key factor driving that crisis and affects 65,000 children.

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