LABOUR is set to raise the two-child benefit cap, meaning households can maximise state payouts by adding a third, fourth or fifth child. We weigh up the pros and cons:

PRO

Pulling down a sweet £17.25 per week, or a possible £17,940 lifetime total? Who’s going to turn that down? You’ve already got all the stuff from having your first two kids and they can help out with the baby. Or babies, if you decide to ring that cash register again and again. Jackpot!

CON

There are questions about whether £17.25 is enough, given inflation, to feed a child even if all their clothes are hand-me-downs and they’re living that Harry Potter under-stairs life. It should be, surely? The government wouldn’t provide a less than adequate sum for our nation’s future?

PRO

It’s not just money. Pumping out a fe

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