Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Jon Trickett (Labour), on Monday, 17 July 2023, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 32 members in total.

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The two-child benefit cap

That this House strongly opposes the continuation of the cruel and unnecessary two child limit for benefits, introduced by the Government in 2017; notes that recent research shows that one in 10 children live in households affected by the two-child limit, that is 1.5 million children; highlights the University of York and Nuffield Trust report which states that the two child limit along with the benefit cap have contributed to the rising levels of child poverty and that they are poverty-producing policies; strongly advocates scrapping the two child limit, noting the House of Commons Library data that shows if the cap was removed it would lift 270,000 households out of poverty at a cost of just £1.4 billion, far less than the Government’s £5 billion claim; and finally notes that the current Government has overseen a huge increase in child poverty since 2010, with a majority of children living in poverty in households where at least one adult is in work.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1481 

Session

2022-23

Other sponsors

Diane Abbott

John McDonnell

Kim Johnson

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

Mick Whitley

Subjects

Children Universal credit

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk