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Lord Londesborough (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 9 July 2025

Debate

Universal Credit: Two-child Limit

Contribution

My Lords, is there any evidence that the two-child benefit cap has contributed to the rapid decline in our total fertility rates? In its latest Fiscal Risk and Sustainability report, the OBR highlights this as one of the UK’s daunting challenges—and, notably, the shrinking of our future workforce in an ageing society. What policies, if any, are the Government considering to address this disturbing decline in birth rates?

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