End two-child benefits limit, say cross-party MPs

Commons work and pensions committee urges move after hearing extensive evidence of hardshipBoris Johnson must lift the two-child limit on welfare payments and return to providing support for all children who need extra help, a cross-party committee of MPs has urged.In its final report before the election, the Commons work and pensions committee said it backed scrapping the controversial policy after hearing extensive evidence from economists, faith groups and charities. While scrapping a policy was not a recommendation it made lightly, the measure had “unintended consequences that no government should be willing to accept”. Continue reading…
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