Mr Joshua Reynolds

Mr Joshua Reynolds

Liberal Democrat — Maidenhead

Speaking in the House of Commons on 8 December 2025

Debate

Child Poverty

Contribution

It took the Government a year and a half to confirm that they were going to scrap the two-child benefit cap. What estimate has the Minister made of the number of children who, during that time, were unnecessarily kept in poverty because of it?

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