Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced the two-child benefit limit will be abolished in a move that will lift hundreds of thousands of kids out of poverty.

In a move prompting cheers from Labour MPs, Ms Reeves announced at the Budget today she will scrap the policy introduced by Tory welfare slasher George Osborne back in 2017. It restricts child tax credits and universal credit to the first two children in a family and has been repeatedly blamed for trapping kids in poverty.

Ms Reeves said the move will also mean the "vile" rape clause - an exemption to the two-child benefit limit allowing women to claim the benefit in some circumstances - will be abolished.

Former Deputy PM Angela Rayner welcomed the move, saying: " Ending the two-child benefit cap will help hundreds of thousand

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