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What is the two-child benefit cap?
SKY News· 3 days agoPrime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is facing growing pressure from his backbenchers to scrap the two-child benefit cap. The two-child benefit cap was...
Starmer faces more backbench pressure over ‘heinous’ and ‘sexist’ benefit cap
Gazette & Herald, Ryedale· 6 days agoWriting in The Times, Canterbury MP Rosie Duffield said the policy, introduced by then-chancellor George Osborne in 2015, was “sinister and overtly sexist ...
Government must do ‘the sums’ before committing to axing two-child cap – Kendall
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo Canada News· 4 days agoFor me that’s not compassionate. It’s not fair. It’s not the right thing to do.” The cap was...
Flynn urges Scottish Labour MPs to back move to scrap child benefit cap
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo Canada News· 5 days agoThe cap was introduced by former UK Conservative chancellor George Osborne in 2015 and restricts...
Starmer’s first Commons rebellion over moves to scrap two-child benefit cap
Gazette & Herald, Ryedale· 3 days agoThe House of Commons voted 363 to 103, majority 260, to reject the amendment tabled in the name of SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn. The cap was introduced in 2015 by then-Conservative chancellor ...
Osborne selected for players to watch list
The Post and Courier· 4 days agoFormer Fort Dorchester standout Zolten Osborne is among a dozen Charleston Southern athletes selected for the Big South/Ohio Valley Football Association...
Starmer suspends seven MPs who rebelled over two-child benefit cap
Sky News via Yahoo Canada News· 3 days agoSir Keir Starmer has suspended seven Labour MPs from the parliamentary party after they voted...
Labour suspends MPs who defied Government in two-child benefit cap vote
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo Canada News· 3 days agoThe cap, introduced in 2015 by then-Conservative chancellor George Osborne, restricts child welfare...
Labour two-child benefit cap rebels 'totally out of order', says Harriet Harman
SKY News· 2 days agoThe seven Labour rebels who voted with the opposition to end the two-child benefit cap were "totally...
Braverman backs ‘p*ssed off’ Labour MPs over two-child benefit cap
The i newspaper online iNews· 4 days agoSir Keir Starmer is battling to contain growing unrest among Labour MPs who are demanding an end to...