SIR Keir Starmer yesterday hinted he’s ready to heed the demands of Labour rebels and scrap the two-child benefit cap.

The PM gave his strongest indication yet that he will remove the threshold that limits handouts for a third kid.

Laying the groundwork for a U-turn on his election claim the cap won’t be abandoned, Sir Keir said he was “determined to drive down child poverty”.

Visiting a glass manufacturing plant in Warrington, on three occasions he wouldn’t rule out a change in policy.

Amid growing pressure from furious backbench MPs, Sir Keir insisted ministers were “looking at all options” around tackling poverty among kids.

He said: “One of the proudest things that the last Labour government did was to drive down child poverty.

“I think there are a number of components — there is

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