Labour chancellor under pressure to scrap policy, brought in as part of the Tory government’s ‘austerity’ plans
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Labour chancellor under pressure to scrap policy, brought in as part of the Tory government’s ‘austerity’ plans
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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.
Rachel Reeves has given the strongest hint yet that Labour could abolish the policy
It comes as she is expected to scrap the two-child benefit cap, in a move that could cost more than £3 billion.
Chancellor understood to be preparing to fully reverse measure, which would cost over £3bn but could lift 350,000 children out of…
A report by the Resolution Foundation will fuel demands from Labour MPs for the chancellor to find another £3.5bn to tackle end…
Starmer and Reeves set to tack hard to the left in the budget in a bid to prevent an attempt to force a change of leadership by…
The chancellor is widely expected to raise levies on Wednesday to help close a multi-billion pound spending gap
