The two-child limit bars parents from claiming child tax credit or universal credit for any third or subsequent child born after April 2017
It was designed to reduce public spending and encourage families to make decisions based on their financial circumstances, but has been criticised for penalising larger families and driving up child poverty rates.understands that members of the Shadow Cabinet have expressed their concerns over the two-child limit directly to Sir Keir, but that Labour is keeping a tight lid on spending pledges ahead of the next general election, expected in late 2024.
He told the Daily Mirror: “The idea that this policy helps move people into work is completely offensive nonsense. We are very, very aware that this is one of the single most heinous elements of the system which is pushing children and families into poverty today.” Veteran Labour MP Stephen Timms, who chairs the Commons Work and Pensions Committee, said the two-child limit should go.: “The case for the two-child limit is not a strong one, and I have been interested to see Conservative MPs start to question the falling birth rate in this country.
“The limit as it currently stands only really makes sense if you think that families should not have more than two children, which I don’t think people do think. As time goes on, the case for the two-child limit will be increasingly hard to make.” Kim Johnson, Labour MP for Liverpool Riverside and a member of the Education Select Committee, urged Sir Keir “to be just as bold” as former leader Sir Tony Blair in efforts to reduce child poverty.
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