Reeves warned she must end child benefit cap altogether or face rise in poverty

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A report by the Resolution Foundation will fuel demands from Labour MPs for the chancellor to find another £3.5bn to tackle end the two child benefit cap

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Ending the two-child benefit cap with "half measures” will still see child poverty rise, Rachel Reeves has been warned in a hard-hitting report from the UK’s leading left-wing think tank.

Reeves warned she must end child benefit cap altogether or face rise in poverty

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