Britain's finance minister Rachel Reeves plans to scrap a two-child limit on welfare payments to parents in her November 26 budget, the Guardian newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Estimates of scrapping the policy completely vary, with the Resolution Foundation estimating a cost of around £3.5 billion by the end of this Parliament (2029/30), while the Child Poverty Action Group ...

The two-child benefit cap limits child tax credit and Universal Credit claims to the first two children in a household ...

Spending on child disability benefits and support is poised to jump by £5bn over the next four years amid a surge in autism and ADHD diagnoses, new forecasts suggest.

Rachel Reeves is expected to lift the controversial two-child benefit limit in November’s Budget, as officials look at a number of options – including a “tapered” system. The government has set up a ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to remove the controversial two-child limit on Universal Credit payments in the Autumn Budget next month. We have mapped how the policy affects people across Great ...

The vast majority of current claimants are people who live or work in the UK without any immigration restrictions.

Chancellor fails to deny report she will make an announcement on the controversial policy in her Budget statement ...

Three areas of Birmingham are among the worst hit by the DWP two-child cap. The current rules restrict Universal Credit's child element top-up of £292.81 a month to the first two children in a ...