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Exclusive: education secretary tells the Guardian scrapping limit entirely in November’s budget most cost-effective way to tackle child povertyBridget Phillipson is pushing the prime minister and chancellor to scrap the two-child benefit cap entirely i…
Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey speak to the education secretary and Labour deputy leadership candidate Bridget Phillipson about the plan for a ceasefire in Gaza, as well as why she is pushing the prime minister and chancellor to get rid of the two-child…
Half of Tory members also want Kemi Badenoch to be replaced as Conservative leader. This live blog is closedMel Stride, the shadow chancellor, was doing an interview round for the Conservatives this morning, and Miatta Fahnbulleh, the faith and communi…
Mel Stride outlines plans to slash £47bn a year from public spending, including £23bn welfare cutUK politics live – latest updatesOverseas nationals denied benefits under a Conservative plan to limit social security to UK citizens would have the option…
A letter to the prime minister on the eve of the Labour conference warns of ‘critical need’ to abandon the policyTeaching unions have written to the prime minister asking him to scrap the two-child benefit cap ahead of Labour’s annual conference, which…
Exclusive: Greater Manchester mayor says policy introduced in 2017 is arbitrary and cannot be justifiedAndy Burnham has thrown further weight behind calls to scrap the two-child benefit limit, calling it an abhorrent policy, which represents the “worst…
Exclusive: Greater Manchester mayor says policy introduced in 2017 is arbitrary and cannot be justifiedAndy Burnham has thrown further weight behind calls to scrap the two-child benefit limit, calling it an abhorrent policy, which represents the “worst…
Thinktank’s Alexander Iosad claims says cards will tackle illegal migration and help people access government servicesSweeney asked about Northern Powerhouse Rail, and reports it is being shelved again.Burnham said these reports were “disappointing”.It…
Deputy leadership candidate says party needs to be ‘clear that our objective is to lift children out of poverty’Labour should consider raising taxes on gambling firms to cover the cost of lifting the two-child benefit cap, the party’s deputy leadership…
Exclusive: Clearest sign yet No 10 is preparing to ditch policy as its preferred deputy leadership hopeful says issue is ‘profoundly personal’UK politics live – latest updatesMinisters are a step closer to abandoning the two-child benefit cap after Dow…