Martin Lewis quizzes Rachel Reeves on pensions

Martin Lewis has explained three benefit rules that he says have caused “confusion” following the Government’s Autumn Budget . Rachel Reeves announced sweeping changes to pensions , wages, benefits, rail fares and tax, but one update in particular has left people unsure what it actually means.

The Government confirmed that the two-child limit on the child element of Universal Credit will be scrapped from April 2026. The change is expected to lift 450,000 children out of poverty, but many people have been mixing it up with other benefit rules. Martin said the announcement “caused confusion”, so he set out the difference between three separate systems: Child Benefit , the two-child limit for Universal Credit, and the overall benef

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