Keir Starmer is facing a fresh welfare row today after figures showed a rise in the number of children and families affected by the two-child benefit cap.
New data from the Department of Work and Pensions showed 1,665,540 children living in households in Great Britain affected by the restriction in April, up 37,150 (2 per cent) from April 2024.
There were a total of 469,780 households on Universal Credit affected by the policy – an increase of 13,520 (3 per cent) over the same period - with almost two thirds (59 per cent) having members in work.
The figures dropped against a backdrop of the PM struggling to even keep welfare payments at their current level, let alone reduce them to save money.
Last night he finally forced his gutted disability welfare proposals through the House of Commons - despite another Labour revolt.
