Two-child Benefit Cap

Part of Work and Pensions – in the House of Commons at on 17 March 2025.

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Photo of Meg Hillier Meg Hillier Chair, Treasury Committee, Chair, Treasury Committee, Chair, Liaison Committee (Commons), Chair, Liaison Committee (Commons)

One in two children in my constituency live in poverty. There is a lot of speculation swirling around the excellent child poverty taskforce, which I applaud the Government for establishing, including that the cap could be lifted for under-fives, which would affect fewer than 20,000 households compared with the 440,000 households which currently are affected by the two-child benefit cap. Can the Minister reassure the House and the country that the child poverty taskforce is looking to support all children in poverty, whatever decisions it comes up with, and not just a small segment of them?