Scrapping child benefit cap makes economic sense, Rachel Reeves told
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September 29, 2025September 29, 2025POLITICS

Scrapping child benefit cap makes economic sense, Rachel Reeves told

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Brian WheelerPolitical reporter BBC Dame Meg Hillier says child poverty is damaging to the economy Chancellor Rachel Reeves must scrap the two-child benefit cap as an investment in the country’s economic future, a senior Labour MP has said. Dame Meg Hillier, who chairs the influential Treasury select committee, said ending the limit was not only...