How many children in your London borough will benefit from Reeves axing two-child welfare cap? Check our interactive map

More than 260,000 children in London will benefit from the lifting of the two-child welfare cap, according to official figures.

The capital will see the most youngsters whose families will gain more benefits, compared to other regions, from the ditching of the cap which is widely expected to be announced by Rachel Reeves in the Budget on Wednesday, at a cost of £3 billion.

The Standard’s interactive map below shows the boroughs where children and families will be boosted most from the cap being lifted.

In Newham, 15,910 children will benefit from the axing of the cap, according to figures from the Department for Work and Pensions, in Hackney 15,740 and in Tower Hamlets 15,520.

In Brent, the figure is 13,880 children, Enfield 12,960, Croydon 12,920, Barking and Dagenham 11,930, Ealing