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A mum-of-five is due to get £2,770 a month in benefits after the two-child benefit cap was scrapped in this week's Budget. Lisa White, 31, from Monmouth, south Wales raises five children between the ages of three and ten. ‌

The stay-at-home-mum does so with her partner, David White, 35. She estimates she will get an extra £900 in benefits due to Rachel Reeves' Budget . ‌

The couple have been depending on Universal Credit and child benefits to get by since David was signed off work due to mental health issues, and currently get around £1,900 a month in benefits. ‌

Lisa estimates she'll get a total of £2,770 a month from April as a result of the changes made in the Autumn Budget, which was announced yesterday.

Lisa described the announcement as "very

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