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Families cannot afford to wait until UK government says there is money to spare to make such a decisionThe first real test of Labour’s hardline approach to public spending has surfaced within a week of the party taking office – and it is a big one.The issue is child poverty and in particular the two-child benefit limit introduced by the Conservatives in April 2017. This prevents households from claiming universal credit or child tax credit for a third or any subsequent child born after this date. Continue reading…
Families cannot afford to wait until UK government says there is money to spare to make such a decision
The first real test of Labour’s hardline approach to public spending has surfaced within a week of the party taking office – and it is a big one.
The issue is child poverty and in particular the two-child benefit limit introduced by the Conservatives in April 2017. This prevents households from claiming universal credit or child tax credit for a third or any subsequent child born after this date.
