Phillipson presses Starmer and Reeves to abolish two-child benefit cap in full pred 3 urami in 31 minutami Exclusive: education secretary tells the Guardian scrapping limit entirely in November’s budget most cost-effective way to tackle child povertyPhillipson on Gaza, child poverty and the deputy leadership race – Politics Weekly UKBridget Phillipson is pushing the prime minister and chancellor to scrap the two-child benefit cap entirely in next month’s budget, with the education secretary telling the Guardian the evidence is clear that it needs to be removed.Phillipson, who is finalising a report to Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves on child poverty, said abolishing the cap was the most cost effective way to make lives better for young disadvantaged people. Continue reading...(The Guardian)