Poverty: Children
Commons · Question 74229 · Tabled 2 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 17 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Kim Johnson
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of abolishing the two-child benefit cap on children in poverty.
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 17 Sep 2025
This government is committed to tackling child poverty and the Child Poverty Taskforce is developing an ambitious Child Poverty Strategy which we will publish in the autumn. We are considering all available levers, including considering social security re...