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One in 12 UK children now in families hit by two-child benefit limit

One in 12 of all UK children now live in families hit by the two-child limit, the government’s controversial cap on benefits that cuts household income by at least £2,800 a year and puts affected youngsters at risk of poverty and emotional harm.

One in 12 UK children now in families hit by two-child benefit limit
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The latest official statistics revealed that 1.3 million children in 359,000 households were subject to the two-child limit in April as the policy dragged an additional 150,000 kids in 40,000 families into its net.

Read more at The Guardian

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