Landmark Legislation Lifts Thousands of Children from Poverty
The UK government has scrapped the two-child limit, a historic move that will lift 450,000 children out of poverty in the final year of this Parliament.
In a groundbreaking move, the UK government has passed landmark legislation to end the controversial two-child limit, a policy that has been widely criticized for pushing hundreds of thousands of children into poverty. This historic change will put 450,000 children on a pathway out of deprivation in the final year of the current Parliament.
The two-child limit, introduced in 2017, restricted the child element of Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit to the first two children in a family. This disproportionately impacted low-income families, denying them critical financial support for additional children. The repeal of this policy marks a significant victory for child poverty advocates and social welfare organizations who have long campaigned for its removal.
{{IMAGE_PLACEHOLDER}}Source: UK Government
