One woman tells how the limit, which Labour has said it will keep, has affected her and her five children
“As a single parent, I feel like I’m letting my kids down,” one mother of five affected by the two-child benefits limit, who did not want to be named, told the Guardian. She said she is on antidepressants and skipping meals.
About one in 10 children are affected by the two-child benefit limit, a policy introduced by George Osborne that prevents parents from claiming child tax credit or universal credit for any third or subsequent child born after April 2017. Labour has now said it will keep this policy, which has been blamed for pushing families into poverty.
