Our research shows the harm the two-child limit on benefits is doing; only scrapping it can end this
Since the UK Labor government took office in summer 2024, calls have intensified to scrap both the "two-child limit"—which restricts support for children through universal credit to two children—and the overall benefit cap. With Chancellor Rachel Reeves resisting this pressure as she tries to manage deteriorating public finances, ways of tweaking the two-child limit policy have been proposed.
Since the UK Labor government took office in summer 2024, calls have intensified to scrap both the "two-child limit"—which restricts support for children through universal credit to two children—and the overall benefit cap. With Chancellor Rachel Reeves resisting this pressure as she tries to manage deteriorating public finances, ways of tweaking the two-child limit policy have been proposed.
