Labour should scrap two-child benefit cap sooner rather than later | Larry Elliott

Families cannot afford to wait until UK government says there is money to spare to make such a decision

The first real test of Labour's hardline approach to public spending has surfaced within a week of the party taking office - and it is a big one.

The issue is child poverty and in particular the two-child benefit limit introduced by the Conservatives in April 2017. This prevents households from claiming universal credit or child tax credit for a third or any subsequent child born after this date.