Responding to PM comments on two-child limit

Responding to the Prime Minister’s comments on the two-child limit in The Sun, CPAG Chief Executive Alison Garnham said:

“With child poverty at a record high, the prime minister has now clearly decided that making kids poor is his political priority. After covid and the cost of living crisis, struggling families need a helping hand not another kick in the teeth. 

 

The two-child limit makes life harder for kids, punishing them for having brothers and sisters. It’s time to scrap this nasty policy.”

Notes

The two-child limit affects 500,000 families and 1.8 million children. Scrapping it would lift 300,000 children out of poverty – see CPAG briefing

4.3 million children live in poverty in the UK – a record high. 69 per cent of poor children live in a working family – see CPAG press release

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