Starmer faces further calls for Labour to axe two-child benefit cap

IFS research shows 670,000 more children will be hit by policy by end of next parliament if limit stays in place

Keir Starmer is facing renewed pressure to scrap the two-child benefit limit, as research reveals that 250,000 more children will be hit by the policy over the next year alone.

Labour's manifesto for government, published last week, included the promise of an ambitious strategy to reduce child poverty", but no mention of the two-child limit.