DWP two-child profit restrict set to be scrapped – see how your MP voted
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MPs voted on scrapping the two-child benefit limit on Tuesday(Image: PA)
Labour’s Bill to scrap the two-child benefit limit has passed a major hurdle after MPs voted to end the cruel cap.
MPs voted 458-104 to abolish the Tory-era policy, which marks a major moment in dismantling a policy blamed for trapping kids in poverty. The result came despite opposition from Nigel Farage’s Reform party, as well as Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives.
Responding to the vote, Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said: “Today Parliament took a crucial step towards delivering on our promise to tackle child poverty. This is about changing the story of children’s lives. It’s about giving every child a genuine shot at life – so they can do well at school, stay healthy, and go on to contribute to their community as adults.”
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During the vote on Tuesday evening two of Nigel Farage’s newest Reform recruits – ex-Tory MPs Suella Braverman and Robert Jenrick – accidentally voted to scrap the two-child benefit limit.
According to Sky News, the duo “got trapped as the doors were locked” of the chamber after mistakenly entering the aye lobby. A Reform spokesperson told The Mirror: “They made a genuine mistake walking through the wrong lobby.” No vote was recorded for Reform UK chief Mr Farage while the party’s five other MPs voted against the government’s legislation.
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It comes after Reform’s flip-flopping on the issue with Mr Farage last year pledging to abolish the Tory-era two-child benefit limit as part of spending promises. But he has since U-turned and said the policy to lift the cap will only be for families where both parents are British and in full-time work.
Labour MP for Rochdale Paul Waugh responded: “More proof that Reform UK couldn’t run a bath, let alone a country.” Tory chief Kemi Badenoch also mocked the pair – who recently defected from the Tories to Reform – with a laughing emoji on X, saying: “They’re Nigel’s problem now.”
If the Bill passes in full it will scrap restrictions on claiming Universal Credit and Child Tax Credits for the first two children in a household. The limit was introduced by the Conservative Government in 2017, and Labour had been under pressure to scrap it since coming into power in July 2024.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced her decision to finally scrap the cap in her Autumn Budget in a bid to lift an estimated 450,000 kids out of poverty. In an article for The Mirror this week, Ms Reeves said: “The previous government’s decision to keep that cap stripped food, heating, and clothes from hundreds of thousands of children.
“It pushed more families into hardship and deepened the hardship faced by households already struggling to get by. And it introduced the vile rape clause into our welfare system.”
The two-child benefit limit affected a record high of 469,780 households across Great Britain in the year to April 2025, according to figures from the Department of Work and Pensions The majority of those households (59%) were in work, and were home to a total of 1.7 million children.
