Benefits cap

'Are You Frustrated?': Angela Rayner Grilled Over Two-Child Benefit Cap Amid Labour Rebellion

The deputy prime minister was put on the spot over the government's refusal to scrap the Tory policy.
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'Why Are You Behind Farage On This?': Keir Starmer Criticised Over Refusal To Scrap Two Child Cap

The would-be PM is coming under increasing pressure to change course.
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Wes Streeting Rejects Archbishop Of Canterbury's Call To Axe Two-Child Benefit Cap

The shadow health secretary said: "That's not a commitment I'm able to make today."
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Rishi Sunak Praises Keir Starmer For Backing Tory Two-Child Benefit Cap

The Labour leader was also savaged by the SNP's Stephen Flynn over the U-turn.
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Keir Starmer Wins Shadow Cabinet Backing Over Benefit Cap Row Despite Labour MPs' Anger

No members of the party leader's top team spoke out against the policy at a meeting this morning.
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Keir Starmer Refusing To Back Down As Criticism Mounts Over Benefits Cap Pledge

The Labour leader will be confronted a meeting of the shadow cabinet this morning.
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Keir Starmer Facing Frontbench Rebellion Over Pledge To Keep Tory Benefit Cap

Sources say shadow cabinet members are in "meltdown" over the move.
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Scrap Bedroom Tax To Save Lives, Urge Government's Scientific Advisers

Sage group also suggests suspending benefit cap and "no recourse to public funds" status to help people self-isolate from Covid-19.
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Surviving On £7 A Day With Four Children: ‘How The Benefits Cap Is Penalising Single Parents Like Me’

Struggling mum of four children says the coronavirus crisis has revealed how our welfare system “punishes” those hit by a relationship breakdown.
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Single Mums Are Being Hit Hardest By The Government’s Benefits Cap

New analysis from Labour shows 85% of those affected are women bringing up children alone.
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