Commons vote on amendment to remove two-child benefit cap
2 releases from 2 parties, 24 July 2024.
Each party’s website press releases, in order of publication
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Two-child cap on universal credit cruel and unnecessary, says Eastwood
Alliance MP Sorcha Eastwood says the two-child limit on universal credit is harmful and should be scrapped, after voting for an amendment to abolish it that was defeated in Parliament. She says the policy would push more families into poverty and cost taxpayers money.
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Two-Child Benefit Cap Must Go – Robinson
DUP Leader and East Belfast MP Gavin Robinson expresses disappointment that the UK Government is keeping the two-child benefit cap after a Commons vote, and calls for it to be removed. He says it affects around 550,000 UK households, rising to 750,000.
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- Sinn Féin: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
- UUP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
- SDLP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
- TUV: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
- Green Party: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
- PBP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.
- Aontú: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.
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