Suella Braverman calls on the government to scrap the two-child benefit cap

Speaking in Work and Pensions Department questions today, former home secretary Suella Braverman called on the government to scrap the two-child benefit cap.

She claimed the limit, which prevents parents from claiming child tax credit or universal credit for more than two children, exacerbates child poverty.

She said: “A child growing up in poverty is more likely to have worse literacy and numeracy, health and job outcomes and a shorter life expectancy than the national average”.

“Isn’t it right that the single biggest, most effective thing the government could do now is to scrap the two child benefit cap?”, she asked of the minister.

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