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This is an opportunity for Keir Starmer to demonstrate to left-behind voters that he is on their side, writes Bernie Evans. Plus letters from Hazel Davies, David Lindsay, Jan Pahl and Jon MarksAs your editorial (14 July) and the piece by Larry Elliott (14 July) say, Labour should not hesitate in scrapping the two-child cap on benefits. How this cruel and unfair policy can be tolerated by a Labour government “laser-focused on poverty” is anyone’s guess.As Elliott states, there are plenty of ways the chancellor could find the £1.7bn needed to fund its abolition – and scrapping it, in fact, would cost much less when the economic multipliers, with poor families spending most of their income, are taken into consideration. Continue reading…
This is an opportunity for Keir Starmer to demonstrate to left-behind voters that he is on their side, writes Bernie Evans. Plus letters from Hazel Davies, David Lindsay, Jan Pahl and Jon Marks
As your editorial (14 July) and the piece by Larry Elliott (14 July) say, Labour should not hesitate in scrapping the two-child cap on benefits. How this cruel and unfair policy can be tolerated by a Labour government “laser-focused on poverty” is anyone’s guess.
As Elliott states, there are plenty of ways the chancellor could find the £1.7bn needed to fund its abolition – and scrapping it, in fact, would cost much less when the economic multipliers, with poor families spending most of their income, are taken into consideration.
