ElHexo [comrade/them]@hexbear.nettoUK Politics@feddit.uk•Starmer suspends seven rebel MPs including McDonnell over two-child benefit cap voteEnglish
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2 months agoThe policy proposed to be removed is a cap on welfare for more than two children leaving a family with three children roughly £3,455 worse off, and the average family affected by the policy £4,300 worse off.
The budget impact is estimated to be about £3.4 billion a year to bring 500,000 children above the poverty line - or about 0.2 percent of government spending.
We could investigate but the courts will just give them a slap on the wrist!