Front line staff welcome two-child limit scrap as making “a real and immediate difference” for families

Monday, 6 April 2026 00:01

From today (6 April), the two-child limit - which since its introduction in 2017 pushed 100 children a day into poverty - is scrapped.  Up to 1.5 million children across Great Britain are expected to benefit. Government's landmark child poverty strategy is expected to lift 550k children out of poverty, the largest single reduction in a Parliament on record backed by measures including expanded free school meals, a £1 billion Crisis and Resilience Fund, and...Request free trial