Labour weighs ending two-child benefit cap, affecting 500K families, with potential changes in November budget.

Labour is reviewing the two-child benefit cap, a 2017 Conservative policy impacting nearly 500,000 families. Options include tapering or exemptions for working parents, with possible changes in the November 26 Autumn Budget. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson labeled the cap “devastating” and a driver of child poverty, while Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledged to reduce poverty but stopped short of confirming abolition.