Tory benefit cap and two-child limit have failed and are pushing families into poverty
Researchers at the University of York have found that cruel policies contributed to rising child poverty levels in the 2010s and have had an impact on young people's chances in life
Parents struggled to pay for their children's clothes, food and heating (
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Conservative benefit cap and two-child limit have hurt families and failed to meet their goals, three-year study finds.
Researchers led by a team from the University of York found that cruel policies contributed to rising levels of child poverty in the 2010s and impacted young people's chances in life. life.
Large families and tenants were disproportionately affected, including ethnic minority families and single-parent families, according to the study.
Parents struggled to pay for their children's clothing, food and heating, which impacted their physical and emotional development.
It comes as Keir Starmer has come under fire for insisting Labor would retain the controversial policy if elected.
The controversial two-child limit, introduced in 2017, limits social benefits to large families in a bid to force parents to work.
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Getty Images/iStockphoto)Official statistics last week revealed that one in 10 children – around 1.5 million children – live in curb-affected households.
Parents can lose up to £3,235 a year per child in 2023/24 under the rules.
Meanwhile, the benefit cap, which limits the total amount of support a working-age household can receive, has the effect of making the average family worse off by around £50 per week.
An estimated 32,000 households, with 110,000 children, were subject to both the benefit cap and the two-child limit as of March 2022.
Alisha, a mother of five living in Yorkshire who is affected by both the two-child limit and the benefit cap, told researchers she was struggling to make ends meet.< /p>
She said, "It put me under pressure to try to rush my youngest potty training...
Researchers at the University of York have found that cruel policies contributed to rising child poverty levels in the 2010s and have had an impact on young people's chances in life
Parents struggled to pay for their children's clothes, food and heating (
Image: Getty Images
Conservative benefit cap and two-child limit have hurt families and failed to meet their goals, three-year study finds.
Researchers led by a team from the University of York found that cruel policies contributed to rising levels of child poverty in the 2010s and impacted young people's chances in life. life.
Large families and tenants were disproportionately affected, including ethnic minority families and single-parent families, according to the study.
Parents struggled to pay for their children's clothing, food and heating, which impacted their physical and emotional development.
It comes as Keir Starmer has come under fire for insisting Labor would retain the controversial policy if elected.
The controversial two-child limit, introduced in 2017, limits social benefits to large families in a bid to force parents to work.
Picture:
Getty Images/iStockphoto)Official statistics last week revealed that one in 10 children – around 1.5 million children – live in curb-affected households.
Parents can lose up to £3,235 a year per child in 2023/24 under the rules.
Meanwhile, the benefit cap, which limits the total amount of support a working-age household can receive, has the effect of making the average family worse off by around £50 per week.
An estimated 32,000 households, with 110,000 children, were subject to both the benefit cap and the two-child limit as of March 2022.
Alisha, a mother of five living in Yorkshire who is affected by both the two-child limit and the benefit cap, told researchers she was struggling to make ends meet.< /p>
She said, "It put me under pressure to try to rush my youngest potty training...
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