Labour could scrap the two child benefit cap, Keir Starmer has indicated for the first time.
The Prime Minister said "there is no silver bullet" but indicated that he would look at all measures to make sure that "no child grows up in poverty".Labour are facing growing pressure from backbenchers across the party to take action to bin the two child benefit limit, which was brought in under George Osborne and the Conservatives.
”Experts say it could cost £3billion a year to get rid of, and the Government has indicated the financial situation has not changed since the Government changed.This lunchtime Downing Street indicated the taskforce, launched last week, would look at the option of whether to scrap the cap.The PM's spokesperson said: "We are looking at all available levers for us to do this." talked about the fact there are range of measures we will need to consider.
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