Scrapping two-child benefit cap may be harder after welfare U-turn, minister says

<p>Bridget Phillipson stresses that changes to welfare bill after threatened rebellion by backbench MPs have come at a cost</p><p>Downing Street’s U-turn on changes to welfare last week will make it harder to implement other policies such as potentially scrapping the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/28/two-child-benefit-cap-how-work-cost-scrap">two-child benefit cap</a>, Bridget Phillipson has said.</p><p>The education minister said Labour was still committed to tackling child poverty but, when asked whether the backbench rebellion <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/27/no-10-climb-down-over-welfare-bill-move-win-rebels">that resulted in about</a> £5bn of annual savings on welfare being scrapped had diminished the chances of the cap being removed, she said it would have an impact.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/06/scrapping-two-child-benefit-cap-may-be-harder-after-welfare-u-turn-bridget-phillipson-says">Continue reading...</a>