The latest figures from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that 380,000 universal credit households had a third or subsequent child born on or after 4 April 2017, and 71,000 child tax credits households, meaning a total of 450,000 households were impacted by the two-child limit. This is an increase of over 30,000 since last year.
Charities and campaigners have relentlessly called for the two-child benefits cap to be removed to prevent families facing hardship since it was introduced by the Conservative chancellor George Osborne.
While the prime minister Keir Starmer has said he wants to end child poverty, he has not committed to removing the cap.
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