Emeritus Prof Christopher May on Nostr: It looks like Keir Starmer is hinting that he will accelerate consideration of ...
It looks like Keir Starmer is hinting that he will accelerate consideration of scrapping the two child benefit cap.... presumably with his eye on public & political opinion, he's coming round to the idea that #2.5bn on getting rid of the cap (and effective improving benefits for larger families) will be cost effective politically....
Certainly, if he wants to demonstrate quickly how Labour *is* different from the Tories this would be the policy change to do it!
#childbenefit #inequality #UKpol
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