Oral Question·Department for Work and Pensions
“What assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of removing the two-child benefit cap.”
Tabled: 11 March 2025Answered: 17 March 2025
Asked by
Mr Joshua Reynolds
Liberal Democrat — Maidenhead
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Employment (Alison McGovern)
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.