Cumulative impact of limit means it could eventually affect about 3m children in UK, study finds
The two-child limit for UK benefits is now affecting 1.5 million children, with more than a million of them growing up in poverty, a campaign group has said in a report into what it termed “this nastiest of policies”.
The cumulative impact of the limit, which means that parents cannot claim child tax credit or universal credit for any third or subsequent child born after April 2017, meant it could eventually affect about 3 million children, with families losing out on up to £3,235 a year, the study found.
