SCRAPPING the two-child benefit cap may not help with a child’s early development and being ready for school, a report says.
The new study says would massively help reduce child poverty but it currently has “no adverse” impact on kids by the end of their reception year.
Scrapping the two-child benefit cap may NOT help a kid’s early development, a report has found
Sir is under pressure to end the cap from ex-Prime Minister and the Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell.
But ending the policy that came into effect in 2017 would cost between £2 billion and £3.5 billion by the end of the decade.
The government has a goal of raising the proportion of children starting school ready to learn from the current 68 per cent to 75 per cent by 2030.
Report author Tom Waters, of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said: “This suggests that it might be hard for the Government to ‘kill two birds with one stone’ – simultaneously reducing child poverty and raising school readiness – through scrapping the two-child limit.”
The government is expected to set out its strategy to tackle child poverty this Autumn.
Cabinet Minister said scrapping the cap is “on the table” while drumming up support for her bid to be Labour’s deputy leader, following leaving the role.
