Two-Child Benefit Cap

"Labour is supporting families with the cost of living: 💷 Increasing the minimum wage 🥣 Free breakfast clubs 👶 30 hours of free childcare 👵 Raising the state pension by up to £575 ⚖️ New rights and protections for wo…" Hansard

"Mr Speaker, it always feels like I am getting my exercise in at Church questions! Through community programmes, the Church provides a significant contribution to the local economy, amounting to around £55 billion. That i…" Hansard

"The child poverty strategy includes welcome measures for families in Bedford and Kempston, from removing the two-child limit to expanding free school meals, childcare support and family hubs. These are all fantastic, but…" Hansard

"I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. Does she agree that the Home Office should not just be collecting and publishing data more regularly but should participate fully in the child poverty review, to ens…" Hansard

"Child poverty isn't just bad, it results in an enduring earnings gap. This gap between graduates who grew up in poverty and those who didn't persists even for people who go to the same university, get the same degree an…" Hansard

"I thank my hon. Friend for securing this important debate and I thank you, Dr Huq, for chairing it. Does my hon. Friend agree that children should not be penalised in this way, especially when there are delays in determi…" Hansard

"Today is a good day for children! 450,000 will be lifted out of poverty thanks to the end of the two-child limit. We're celebrating this along with 17 other orgs with an advert in The Times. The advert has been funde…" Hansard

"The hon. Gentleman mentions the local pharmacist. The local pharmacist in my constituency is my twin sister. She put herself through a degree in pharmacy while on universal credit as a single parent of three children. Th…" Hansard

"5. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle child poverty in Wales." Hansard

"10. What recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of child poverty in the Bolton North East constituency." Hansard

"And thats not all. The two-child limit has been scrapped. Millions of pensioners are better off. Reform, the Conservatives and the Greens voted against every bit of it. When someone asks what Labour are doing, tell them …" Hansard

"The hon. Lady makes an important point about it not being a child’s fault that they are growing up in poverty. I grew up in poverty, caring for two disabled parents, and I would also say that it is not the parents’ fault…" Hansard

"Family hubs, scrapping the two child cap, and B&B restrictions are all big steps toward eradicating child poverty - with more still to do Watch my full question to the UK Children's Commissioner here: youtu.be/Yn_8fY-Bz…" Hansard

"Thank you, it’s great to be with you this afternoon, to spend some time with you. Not least because it has been a quiet week in Westminster so it has been something to look forward to. Even if it had been a busy, bustlin…" Hansard

"While others stood by as child poverty rose (or attacked plans to lift the two-child cap), our Labour govt is getting on with the job. So proud that Water Hall Primary in Bletchley will have a free breakfast club from …" Hansard

"Thanks to this Government, 3,150 children in my constituency will be lifted out of poverty. Free breakfast clubs are starting to be set up and Sure Start centres are being revived. Under Tory Governments, poverty goes up…" Hansard

"Of course I support the Bill. It is what we are here for: to do this at the stroke of a pen—not of any pen, but that of a Government pen—after years in opposition, hoping to be able to come in and enact the sort of chang…" Hansard

"I am excited to hear that the hon. Member thinks work should pay. Can she tell us why, under the last Government, we went from one in three children in poverty having a parent in work to two in three children in poverty …" Hansard

"The government has served up its new “Good Food Cycle” today (15 July) – a recipe aimed at driving a generational change in the nation’s relationship with food. The Good Food Cycle identifies ten priority outcomes needed…" Hansard

"Our two Labour Governments are creating tens of thousands of jobs and lifting nearly 70,000 children out of poverty across Wales. Plaid Cymru’s plans would take us backwards, raising taxes and cutting child poverty budg…" Hansard

"Too many children are held back by the scourge of poverty, wilfully created by the Conservative party. Our new child poverty strategy will lift more than half a million children out of poverty by 2030 across the UK, deli…" Hansard

"I know all too well the difference this Bill will make for families across the country. In my constituency, I have seen far too many families struggling to make ends meet. Indeed, that reality was a huge part of what dro…" Hansard

"I greatly welcome the child poverty strategy. More than 2,000 children in my constituency and close to 100,000 children in Scotland will benefit from the abolition of the two-child benefit cap. However, it is a shocking …" Hansard

"First, I want to take us back, because this debate is being pitched as if those who are not in work are getting something that is being paid for by those in work—that ain’t the case, and it is wrong to suggest it. I will…" Hansard

"Cutting water bills, tackling child poverty, and strengthening communities. All this and more with nine things Labour's Plan for Change delivered last week👇 www.marycreagh.co.uk/news/planfor..." Hansard

"It was great to chat to @melanieward.bsky.social at our drop in session for MPs at the UK Parliament yesterday and highlight the impact of public debt on low income families, and why we need action on tackling the public…" Hansard

"10 things Labour has delivered this week: 👶 Labour has scrapped the two-child limit, lifting 450k children out of poverty 👵 Over 12m pensioners will see their State Pension rise by up to £575" Hansard

"The lifting of the two-child benefit cap came into effect this month, a change that will lift 450,000 children out of poverty by 2030. As your MP I will always work to reduce child poverty and fight for the most vulnera…" Hansard

"Alongside the chair of the #EducationSelectCommittee, @helenhayes.bsky.social, we held the first evidence session of the Delivering the Child Poverty Strategy Joint Inquiry between the #WorkAndPensionsSelectCommittee an…" Hansard

"Labour is at its best when we are clear about whose side we are on, and in whose interests we serve, when our values shine through. I want us to be clear that our objective is to lift children out of poverty and that wi…" Hansard

"It is a privilege to bring this Bill back before the House. This Government believe that everybody should have opportunity in life: opportunity to achieve their potential and their ambitions, whatever their background. H…" Hansard

"Yesterday, I voted to remove the two-child benefit cap, giving 2,000 children in Edinburgh North & Leith a fairer start in life and lifting them out of poverty." Hansard

"Children growing up in our country deserve the best start in life – nothing less. Today’s Budget means we will deliver the largest reduction in child poverty in a single Parliament." Hansard

"The verdict is in. Scrapping the two-child limit will make a huge impact on Labour's plan to tackle child poverty. In the North East alone 67,000 children will be helped. 3,400 children in Gateshead will be lifted out of…" Hansard

"We in the Treasury Committee looked at this issue extensively, and I am unaware of any particular evidence that supports the behavioural arguments the hon. Lady is setting out. In any event, why should 95,000 bright and …" Hansard

"Here’s four things Labour’s Plan for Change has delivered in Scotland last week: 👶 Labour has scrapped the two-child limit, benefitting 95,000 children in Scotland. 🧵" Hansard

"Today is a good day for children! 450,000 will be lifted out of poverty thanks to the end of the two-child limit. We're celebrating this along with 17 other orgs with an advert in The Times. The advert has been funde…" Hansard

"We have delivered good, Labour things – action on child poverty, strengthening workers’ rights, protections for renters. But we can’t and we shouldn’t pretend the status quo is working. To stop Reform, we have to be bo…" Hansard

"I welcome the strategy, particularly the work on the new measure of deep material poverty—that will be important for understanding the experience of children. For how long will the holiday food programme be extended, and…" Hansard

"Listening to the shadow Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Faversham and Mid Kent (Helen Whately), is quite something—one would think that the recipients of this benefit were spending the money on soft furnishings f…" Hansard

"👧🏻 Lifting 450,000 children out of poverty by removing the two-child cap 🏡 New rights for renters 👩🏻‍🏭 New rights for workers 💡 Taking £150 off your energy bills 🥣 Free breakfast clubs in schools - saving parents…" Hansard

"I welcome the child poverty strategy and all that this Government are doing to undo the cruel policies of the Tories, through which children in Kettering paid the price. Investing in a child early on in life is key to su…" Hansard

"Under the last Government an additional 900,000 children became part of the child poverty statistics, but as a result of our Child Poverty Strategy, published in December, 550,000 will be lifted out of poverty by the end…" Hansard

"Hundreds of thousands of households will benefit from lower water bills after the Government today (Fri March 6th) announced a major reform of WaterSure. Low-income households who use high amounts of water can qualify to…" Hansard

"Thanks to this Labour government, big changes are coming tomorrow to help working people 🌹 ✔️National Living Wage & Minimum Wage increasing ✔️Prescription charges are frozen ✔️The two-child limit is lifted ✔️£117 avera…" Hansard

"£370 million budget boost for public services following largest Spending Review settlement for Northern Ireland Executive in the history of devolution Pledge to help Northern Ireland Executive address cost-of-living for …" Hansard

"The Government are taking action to tackle child poverty, by removing the two-child limit and by expanding free school meals and breakfast clubs, including the seven breakfast clubs already rolled out in the Dewsbury and…" Hansard

"Proud to have co-chaired Child Poverty Taskforce and be part of a Labour government that is lifting more than half-a-million children out of poverty by scrapping the 2-child limit. Every child deserves the best start in …" Hansard

"It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Torbay (Steve Darling). I appreciate the Liberal Democrats’ support for lifting the two-child limit. I cannot express enough how delighted I am to speak in this debate, as t…" Hansard

"From today, over 16,000 children across Lewisham and Southwark will be lifted out of poverty. Labour has lifted the two child limit, and with our child poverty strategy, we will go further and lift even more children o…" Hansard

"Historic night in Parliament. We voted to scrap the cruel two-child limit - a policy that drove child poverty to record highs. By ending it, nearly 500,000 children will be lifted out of poverty, including over 4000 in …" Hansard

"I was also one of the seven Labour MPs suspended: for voting, to be quite clear, on an amendment to strengthen the King’s Speech by removing the two-child limit. I had made a vow to my constituents in Liverpool West Derb…" Hansard

"2. What steps she is taking to reduce the number of children in poverty in the Livingston constituency." Hansard

"Madam Deputy Speaker, it is a pleasure to be able to speak for the next hour, while there is no time limit. [ Laughter. ] Buckle in! I want to start today’s speech by first addressing what the Conservatives said and why …" Hansard

"Labour will build a Britain where no child goes hungry, where every child has opportunities, where every family has power and choices in life. So proud to present the Child Poverty Strategy to Parliament." Hansard

"Following 14 years of Tory austerity, harsh cuts to public services and a cost of living crisis, more than half of all children in my Manchester Rusholme constituency are living in poverty. My right hon. Friend has shown…" Hansard

"Labour is at its best when we are clear about whose side we are on, and in whose interests we serve, when our values shine through. I want us to be clear that our objective is to lift children out of poverty and that wi…" Hansard

"Scrapping the two-child limit is a clear win-win. It will improve the living standards of around 1.6 million children overnight and prevent hundreds of thousands more from being pushed into poverty in the years ahead, wh…" Hansard

"When the Labour Government came to office, 4.5 million children were living in poverty, and I believe that that is a moral stain on our nation. It has been a central mission of this Labour Government to tackle child pove…" Hansard

"1. What steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle child poverty in Scotland." Hansard

"With the two-child limit scrapped, energy bills down, and much more, this Budget is good news for Newcastle North. I welcome the Budget, but have also asked the Government to go further👇 www.catherinemckinnellmp.co.u…" Hansard

"Proud to be supporting Bridget Phillipson for Labour Deputy Leader. I’ve known Bridget for more than 20 years - she’s always been a powerful champion of working people, tackling child poverty and standing up for our co…" Hansard

"I'm proud to have voted for removing the two-child limit so that families can receive the child element of Universal Credit for all children, taking 450,000 children out of poverty." Hansard

"The two-child benefit cap forces 109 children into poverty every day. It punishes kids for circumstances they can’t control and takes food out of their mouths. Labour values aren’t just words—they’re a call to action.…" Hansard

"It is a pleasure to close today’s King’s Speech debate on behalf of the Government. I am grateful to Members for their contributions, including the Business Secretary for his excellent opening speech and the shadow Busin…" Hansard

"We on the Labour Benches at least understand the historical consistency:186 years ago the Tories made economic arguments against stopping children being sent up chimneys, and 186 years later they are making the same argu…" Hansard

"The shadow Secretary of State must know that the vast majority of families in poverty include at least one adult in work. She asks how this Bill is being paid for. Well, it is being paid for by increased taxes on gamblin…" Hansard

"Can the shadow Minister remind the Committee of the weekly rate for the standard UC allowance?" Hansard

"Over 23% of children in my Penistone and Stocksbridge constituency are living in poverty. This is unacceptable. We know that children growing up in poverty are less likely to be in work and will earn 25% less than their …" Hansard

"Labour will lift 450,000 children out of poverty by removing the two-child limit." Hansard

"Five in six low-income households on universal credit are going without the essentials. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Trussell Trust say that the welfare system must provide the essentials of daily living— food,…" Hansard

"Good to be campaigning for David Trace for Milton. Vote Labour for your family. In tough times, we have supported families with the cost of living: 🥣 Free breakfast clubs for children 👶 30 hours of free childcare 👨‍�…" Hansard

"I am very proud to support the Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill. It will tackle child poverty and restore basic fairness to our social security system. I, like many other Labour Members, have been campa…" Hansard

"Schools and trusts will be supported to save millions over this Parliament through a new programme to tackle avoidable costs like high supplier mark-up and wider barriers to getting the best value for money from their bu…" Hansard

"My hon. Friend is making an excellent point. The issues he describes in his Southampton constituency apply in a similar way to my residents in Reading. Does he agree that an important aspect of the Government’s work is n…" Hansard

"Families across the country will continue to benefit from more affordable, high-quality childcare as from next year nurseries and childminders will be backed by a record £9.5 billion investment to deliver the places fami…" Hansard

"I speak in support of new clause 4, tabled by my right hon. Friend the Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell), me and others, and I will try to be as brief as I can. Scrapping the two-child limit in full remain…" Hansard

"Labour is expanding Free School Meals to over 500,000 more children. In Sefton Central, 2,000+ children will benefit — saving families up to £500 a year and helping every child focus, learn and thrive. An important fir…" Hansard

"I congratulate the Secretary of State on her statement. Following my debate in June, I welcome the recognition of children with no recourse to public funds as part of the strategy, and its commitment to ensuring that vul…" Hansard

"This builds on our wider cost saving measures for families: ✅ Best Start free breakfast clubs ✅ Expanding free school meals ✅ Cutting school uniform costs ✅ Scrapping the two child limit" Hansard

"As Easter nears, it was a privilege to be part of this year's Tawney Dialogue as chair of Christians on the Left. The focus was on tackling child poverty, especially with the two-child limit set to be scrapped, lifting…" Hansard

"Kids in poverty are no different to mine and yours – they should have the chance to learn, play and grow without worry We should be proud that, as of today, the two-child benefit cap is finally gone, writes Save The Chi…" Hansard

"Today is a good day for children! 450,000 will be lifted out of poverty thanks to the end of the two-child limit. We're celebrating this along with 17 other orgs with an advert in The Times. The advert has been funde…" Hansard

"🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Scrapping the two-child limit. 👦 Boosting childcare support for larger families. 🥗 Expanding free school meals. This Government is delivering on our mission to tackle childhood poverty." Hansard

"Labour is at its best when we are clear about whose side we are on, and in whose interests we serve, when our values shine through. I want us to be clear that our objective is to lift children out of poverty and that wi…" Hansard

"I am proud to support the Bill and do so with the families of Southampton firmly in mind. Those are families who fell foul of the last Conservative Government’s mission to make Britain Dickensian again. Child deprivation…" Hansard

"✅ The Removal of Two Child Limit Act, lifting 450,000 children out of poverty and providing security to working families by removing the arbitrary two-child benefit cap" Hansard

"𝘽𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂: Abolition of the two child benefit cap has received Royal Assent! 2,870 children in Southgate and Wood Green will be lifted out of poverty by the single most cost-effective measure available to the Gov…" Hansard

"This has been a very revealing debate in which Members on all sides of the House have made interesting points, but this matter has unfortunately become quite polarising. On one side of the debate, we have those who work …" Hansard

"70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living de…" Hansard

"Labour is at its best when we are clear about whose side we are on, and in whose interests we serve, when our values shine through. I want us to be clear that our objective is to lift children out of poverty and that wi…" Hansard

"- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn - Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn What gets more attention? James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'." Hansard

"Really pleased to have asked this question, and that the Minister has responded so positively Every child - including migrant children - will be considered in the Government’s Child Poverty Strategy" Hansard

"I was a child who received free school meals when my both my parents were working. Free school meals gave me a helping hand, not a handout. Now 4,000 children in Telford are looking for the same, so that they can contrib…" Hansard

"I am sure that my hon. Friend will agree that the statistics on below-average-income households are published annually by the Department for Work and Pensions, which is the source of the statistic that he so cleverly dep…" Hansard

"I agree that poverty, exclusion and a lack of opportunity are all root causes of crime. Our youth justice White Paper focuses on intervening earlier to address risks before they escalate, working across Government to tac…" Hansard

"Money off energy bills, increased minimum wage, pensions up, two child limit scrapped, up to 30 hours paid for child care, free breakfast clubs for mums and dads, day one paternity rights and stronger statutory sick pay.…" Hansard

"Today is a good day for children! 450,000 will be lifted out of poverty thanks to the end of the two-child limit. We're celebrating this along with 17 other orgs with an advert in The Times. The advert has been funde…" Hansard

"This week, Labour officially scrapped the 2 child benefit cap, lifting over 2,000 children in West Dunbartonshire out of poverty. This is a major step towards eradicating child poverty to ensure every child has an equal…" Hansard

"5. What steps the Church of England is taking to help tackle child poverty." Hansard

"The government has served up its new “Good Food Cycle” today (15 July) – a recipe aimed at driving a generational change in the nation’s relationship with food. The Good Food Cycle identifies ten priority outcomes needed…" Hansard

"Wirral Foodbank is doing vital work for our community. I met the team recently and saw first-hand how they’re supporting some of the most vulnerable families. The message from them was clear: lifting the two-child bene…" Hansard

"I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. Core to our belief is the idea that no one, no matter their background, should be trapped by their circumstances. People should have the chance to make the best lif…" Hansard

"As the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on family hubs, I am pleased that Best Start family hubs are at the heart of the strategy, and that the strategy values a fresh approach rooted in place, community and pa…" Hansard

"I'm extremely proud that this Labour government has scrapped the 2-child benefit cap, lifting 450,000 children out of poverty, including 1,350 here in #WorthingWest. It will also help relieve the huge pressure on local …" Hansard