Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Steve Witherden (Labour), on Tuesday, 11 November 2025, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 59 members in total.

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Two-child limit

That this House recognises that, since the introduction of the two-child limit in 2017, this policy has had a detrimental impact on child poverty rates across the United Kingdom; believes that abolishing the limit represents the most cost-effective measure to reduce child poverty; notes that Trussell reports that doing so would deliver benefits worth approximately £3.1 billion and lift around 670,000 people out of severe hardship, including 470,000 children, by 2026-27; further notes that 28,900 people in Wales would be lifted out of severe hardship by 2026/27; and calls on the Chancellor of the Exchequer to abolish the two-child limit in its entirety in the forthcoming Autumn Budget, in order to transform the lives of millions of children and families by the end of this Parliament.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2256 

Session

2024-26

Other sponsors

Imran Hussain

Jeremy Corbyn

Clive Efford

Richard Burgon

Siân Berry

Subjects

Poverty Children Social security benefits

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk