The two-child benefit cap looks increasingly likely to be scrapped after eight years following intense campaigning from The Herald.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is understood to be preparing to scrap the limit in its entirety instead of tapering payments based on family sizes.

UK Government sources told the Sunday Times the Chancellor had agreed to ditch the cap after modelling revealing tapering it would only save the Treasury around £200 million.

Child poverty charities that teamed up with The Herald to call for the abolition of the cap also expect it to be scrapped, it is understood, costing the government around £3 billion.

The cap was introduced by the Conservative government in 2017 and maintained by Labour despite intense pressure from backbenchers.

It means parents are unable

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