Labour leader Keir Starmer was criticised on Sunday after insisting he would not scrap the government’s cap on welfare support payments for children if his party wins the next general election.
The Child Poverty Action Group, a charity, estimates 1.5mn children live in families affected by the government’s policy, which restricts tax credit and universal credit to the first two children in a family.
Starmer told the BBC he would not change the two child cap, as he also stated he would not reverse the government’s freeze on housing benefit.
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