Chancellor Rachel Reeves (Image: PA)

The two-child benefit limit will be scrapped as announced in today's autumn Budget. Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her Budget speech to the House of Commons on Wednesday.

She said that the Government would get rid of the two-child benefit cap - which currently limits the amount of benefits parents can claim for their third child or subsequent children born after April 6, 2017.

Ms Reeves said she would not "preside over a status quo that punishes children for the circumstances of their birth". Here is everything you need to know about the change:

What was the two-child benefit limit?

The two-child limit restricted child tax credit and Universal Credit to the first two children in most households.

The limit has meant that almost all fami

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