Labour MPs voted for an SNP motion calling for an end to the policy which prevents almost all parents from claiming Universal Credit or child tax credit for more than two children. MPs rejected the SNP amendment by 363 votes to 103.
Keir Starmer is already struggling to keep a lid on furious Labour infighting today as he faces his maiden PMQs grilling.
The president of the TUC said the rebels 'spoke for millions of trade union members and many Labour Party members'. Former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell was among those suspended by Labour after voting for the SNP amendment 'I look forward to many bills that will be coming forward in this Government including nationalising rail, the new deal for working people, but I was also very honest that we should go further, we can make a real difference to people's lives,' she said.
Matt Wrack, head of the Fire Brigades Union and president of the TUC, posted on X: '1.6 million children are affected by the two-child cap, and 300,000 children live in poverty as a result of it. The UK is a rich country with ample resources for everyone to live a decent life. Speaking ahead of the vote Mr McDonnell, who was shadow chancellor under Jeremy Corbyn, confirmed he would back the SNP's amendment.
'I think it's a dreadful measure that the Conservatives introduced and we could lift anywhere up to 400,000 children out of poverty just by this one measure.' Apsana Begum and Imran Hussain are also among the seven Labour MPs to have lost the party whip over their votesThe cap was introduced in 2015 by then-Conservative chancellor George Osborne and restricts child welfare payments to the first two children born to most families.'Labour MPs had the opportunity to deliver meaningful change from years of Tory misrule by immediately lifting thousands of children out of poverty - they have made a political choice not to do so.
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