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Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has warned that a Reform government would ‘force children back into poverty’ if it brings back the two-child benefit limit
Nigel Farage wants to re-impose the two child benefit limit in full(Image: AFP via Getty Images)
Reform UK’s pledge to tear up new legislation and re-impose the two child benefit limit has sparked a dire warning from Gordon Brown.
The former Prime Minister has said Keir Starmer’s mission to lift kids out of hardship is taking shape with the imminent lifting of the hated two-child benefit limit. The policy will officially be abolished in April – lifting almost half a million children out of poverty.
Meanwhile flip-flopping Nigel Farage has announced the limit would come back in full if he gets into power. Writing for The Mirror, Mr Brown warned Reform would “force children back into poverty” if they win power.
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the move to scrap the policy, which restricts families to claiming Universal Credit beyond their first two children, at last year’s Budget. The policy impacts almost 1.7million children and the government estimates abolishing it will see around 450,000 kids lifted out of hardship by 2030.
Ahead of a high-stakes by-election in Gorton and Denton on Thursday, Mr Brown highlighted that over 6,000 children in the Greater Manchester seat will benefit from scrapping the cruel measure.
The PM between 2007 and 2010 said: “When voters go to the polls in Gorton and Denton on Thursday, the fate of more than 6,000 thousand local children is in their hands. These are the boys and girls who will benefit on April 1st from the abolition of the hated two child rule.”
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He added: “This by-election offers a choice.To help children continue to escape poverty with Labour’s brilliant local candidate Angeliki Stogia or go back to the Tory poverty years with Reform.”
It comes as Labour faces a fight to hold the seat from both Reform UK and the Greens, who are pouring resources into the area in the hope of delivering a major political upset.
Labour’s candidate Ms Stogia told The Mirror : “The chance to change people’s lives for the better is my motivation to get into national politics.Through Labour’s choice to scrap the two-child cap, around 6,000 kids across Gorton and Denton will be lifted out of poverty. That means children not going to school with hungry bellies or last year’s uniform.”
