Chancellor Rachel Reeves announces two-child benefit cap abolished as she says

Rachel Reeves unveiled a £15 billion benefits spending plan at Wednesday's Budget , and scrapped the two-child benefit cap.. There will be increased payments for those receiving Universal Credit , Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and child benefits.

The Chancellor framed the move - projected to cost taxpayers £3 billion annually - as a strategy to lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty. Ms Reeves raised payouts for "working-age benefits" such as Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and child benefits in line with inflation, at 3.8 per cent, from April.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed the two-child benefit cap will be lifted, telling the Commons: “We on this side of

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