Will Keir Starmer Scrap the Two-Child Benefit Cap? | BBC Newscast

Today we look at whether the government is about to row back on another policy - the two-child benefit cap.

It prevents parents from claiming universal credit or child tax credit for a third child, with a few exemptions.

Speaking to Laura Kuenssberg this morning, the Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner refused to confirm whether it was going to be scrapped.

Rayner also responded to a story in The Telegraph this week, after the paper got hold of a document that suggests she’s is at odds with the chancellor over economic policy.

And Laura, Paddy and Henry discuss how safe Kemi Badenoch is as leader of the opposition.

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