Social Minister Korinna Schumann meets with coalition partners to negotiate nationwide minimum rates and child benefit scaling by 2027.

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Canada child benefits reduce poverty, but material deprivation shows many struggling families still miss basic needs despite higher incomes.

THE UK Government must “follow Scotland’s lead” and ditch the two-child benefit cap, a major charity has said after finding more than 14…

immigrant access to welfare benefits (like Universal Credit, housing help, Child Benefit) in the UK depends heavily on their immigration status, especially the "No Recourse to Public Funds" (NRPF) rule, which bars many from benefits unless exceptions apply, like refugees or those with Indefinite Leave to Remain, who often get full access, while asylum seekers receive limited support (housing, cash on a card) while waiting for decisions. Key factors are residency, the specific benefit, and whether your visa allows access to public funds. 

Department for Medicaid Services officials said June renewals showed 56,235 cases processed and 50,982 approvals, and warned failure to return renewal forms is the leading cause of child disenrollments; members were urged to check the Connect portal and respond to requests for information.

UK families with 3+ children to receive average £4,100/year after two‑child cap ends (BBC, 05 Apr 2026); fiscal cost and disbursement timing will determine market effects.

Exclusive: Onward said cap has resulted in increased child poverty, adding to pressure on government to rethink its stance A leading rightwing thinktank has called for an end to the two-child limit on benefits in a move that will put further pressure on…

England research shows huge benefits with resulting savings for NHS and councils Curbing child poverty by scrapping the two-child benefit cap would save hundreds of lives a year and avoid thousands of admissions to hospital, the largest study of its kind…

North-west and West Midlands worst hit, says thinktank, and in some areas half of children live below breadline Keir Starmer has been warned that the two-child benefit cap has contributed to a widening gulf in regional poverty, leaving almost half of all…

As politicians go back and forth on scrapping the policy, four of us are barely getting by on the money provided for three I’m a single parent from Bradford with three daughters, aged 15, 12 and four. I’m affected by the two-child limit on benefits and…

Limit on welfare support, introduced in 2013, leaves some with just £4 a day for each family member Low-income families affected by the benefit cap are living on as little as £4 for each person a day, often in overcrowded, rat-infested and damp homes…

The policy drives poverty among larger families and is seen by critics as not working as originally envisaged • ‘Will the kids eat or not?’ In Keir Starmer’s constituency, families struggle with poverty The number of households affected by the two-child…

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Keir Starmer has suspended seven of his MPs who rebelled against the whip to scrap the two-child benefit cap. So why won’t Labour scrap the controversial limit, and what does this first test of Starmer’s leadership tell us about the party’s financial…

A continuous demonstration of intra-party unity and loyalty to the party leader won’t solve Britain’s problems The Labour party is a “broad church”, but there’s little space on its pews at the moment for principled nonconformists. The suspension of…

Keir Starmer under pressure to scrap limit as more than dozen MPs thought to support king’s speech amendment Keir Starmer has come under further pressure to scrap the two-child benefit limit after another of his backbench MPs described the policy as…

Families cannot afford to wait until UK government says there is money to spare to make such a decision The first real test of Labour’s hardline approach to public spending has surfaced within a week of the party taking office – and it is a big one. The…