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January 18, 2024

Letter to MPs from parents affected by the two-child limit and the benefit cap

The reality of the two-child limit and the benefit cap

Invest in the children not punish them: reflections on being affected by the two-child limit

The most vulnerable households have been forgotten in the cost-of-living crisis and the consequences will be devastating. It’s time to scrap the benefit cap

Who paid the price of George Osborne’s two-child benefit cap? Britain’s poorest children

Capping benefits in the past: the Wage Stop

‘Other people don’t have to think about which kid they love the most that month’: the realities of everyday life on the benefit cap and two child limit

Does the cap fit? Researching the benefit cap’s effect on paid work

The UK is now falling behind both European countries and the US in its support for larger families

November 26, 2020

How the benefit cap harmed mental health and potentially pushed people further away from the labour market

November 26, 2020

How The Benefit Cap Has Gone From A Selective Punishment For Having High Family Needs To A Generalised Curb On Benefit Incomes

November 25, 2020

'We honestly didn’t know how to survive'

The two-child limit now affects almost one million children – and it is being implemented when poverty is rising for larger families

Why 2020 is a fitting year to start research into the impact of benefit changes on larger families

Covid-19 and low-income families: the government must lift the benefit cap and remove the two-child limit

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