Alison McGovern

Alison McGovern

Labour — Birkenhead

Speaking in the House of Commons on 17 March 2025

Debate

Two-child Benefit Cap

Contribution

The two-child benefit cap was introduced by the Conservative party 10 years ago. Its period in office saw child poverty rise to over 4 million and one in three of our children arriving at primary school not ready to learn. As soon as the Secretary of State and I were appointed, we got to work to establish our child poverty taskforce, as promised in Labour’s manifesto, and those efforts are ongoing.

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