The UK Labour government plans to end the two-child benefit cap, lifting 280,000 children out of poverty.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is set to announce the removal of the two-child benefit cap in the November Budget, reversing the 2017 Conservative policy that limited Universal Credit and child tax credit to the first two children. The repeal, supported by Labour and advocacy groups, could lift 280,000 children out of poverty and cost up to £3.5 billion by 2029/30, marking a significant shift in UK social welfare policy under the new Labour government.