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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhiannon James,Aine Fox and Will Meakin-Durrant

EXPLAINED: Mps resoundingly vote to scrap two child benefit cap | Vintage Vibes

Legislation to scrap the controversial two-child limit has cleared its initial parliamentary stage, moving the policy on step closer to abolition.

Introduced by the Conservatives in 2017, the policy restricts child tax credit and Universal Credit (UC) to the first two children.

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