It seems that the Labour Government might be considering a u-turn on the two-child benefit cap. Four Labour MPs who were suspended for voting against the two-child benefits cap have been readmitted back into the Labour Party after six months.
Scrap
Alison Garnham, the chief executive of CPAG, speaking on behalf of the group, said: “Almost a year after the election, the government’s manifesto commitment to tackle child poverty remains hugely popular.
“A child poverty strategy that increases living standards and improves life chances will make the crucial difference to children, their families and the country alike. The public stands in support of the 4.5 million children in the UK living in poverty and now it’s time for government to act – starting by scrapping the two-child limit.”
Charities and a Labour-aligned pressure group are ramping up calls on Keir Starmer to scrap the two-child limit on benefits, as polling shows support for action on youth poverty remains high, and is equally solid among Labour voters tempted by Reform.
Gordon Brown
“The Reform Party, many of the Conservative Party, the Liberals, the [Scottish] Nationalist Party, they all support lifting the two-child limit,” Brown revealed. “Now, of course, it’s expensive because it was designed to save a lot of money at the expense of children, but you just think of a family that has lost £66 a week overnight – their child is born, the third child, and they don’t get the same amount that they get for the second child.
“It really is cruel to see a third child as almost a second-class citizen in that way, and that’s what’s got to change. Now, I think the government can do this because I’ve suggested the ways it can be funded. I think it should be hypothecated in the sense of earmarks, so that people know that the money is going for a good purpose.”
Sultana
Zarah Sultana was asked why other Labour members who voted to get rid of the two-child cap, are being welcomed back to the party, but why was she still out in the cold.
She left viewers in no doubt, claiming that it is her stance on her comments about the Gaza conflict and the lack of condemnation by the UK government.
She added: “This genocide.. it’s the litmus test for so many. And therefore, you have to do everything possible to stop genocide, whether that’s speaking up against your own government, whatever that could be.”
“How does David Lammy sleep at night? Calling out his complicity in genocide is not “clickbait”. It’s the truth,” Sultana said.
It comes after Lammy accused her of pressing the Gaza issue for social media clicks.
Howard Beckett wrote: “Zarah Sultana MP, with continued bravery, calls Lammy out: ‘You have sold more arms to Isreal than 3 yrs of Tories’ ‘You continue to sell F35 parts for genocide’ ‘Children in Palestine are starving’ Listen to Lammy accuse her of ‘clickbait’ Labour front bench hate empathetic strong women.”
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