2 Child Limit turning the screw on families in cost of living crisis

Survey finds deep hardship after 6 years of the policy

On the sixth anniversary of the two-child limit, a Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) survey finds widespread suffering and hardship among families affected by the policy with parents struggling to meet children’s basic needs as living costs soar.

The two-child limit restricts child allowances in universal credit (UC) and tax credits (worth up to £3,235 a year) to the first two children in a family, unless the children were born before April 2017 when the policy was introduced.

Read the full article on CPAG’s website —

cpag.org.uk/news-blogs/news-listings/two-child-limit-turning-screw-families-cost-living-crisis

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