Two-child benefit cap comes to an end with aim of lifting 450,000 out of poverty
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The UK government has scrapped the two-child cap on benefits, aiming to lift 450,000 children out of poverty. The move is part of a series of policies to help people with rising living costs, including increased state pension and reforms to statutory sick pay.
The two-child cap on benefits has ended in the UK. The policy, introduced in 2017, restricted child tax credit and universal credit to the first two children in most households. The government has scrapped the cap, aiming to lift 450,000 children out of poverty. Other policies to help with living costs are also coming into force, including day one rights to paternity leave and reforms to statutory sick pay. The state pension is increasing, with new claimants potentially receiving up to £575 more per year. Housing benefit and personal independence payments are also being uprated.
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