https://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/article/chancellor-must-scrap-two-child-cap-full-tuc-warns
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves speaks to the media about the October inflation statistics from the Office of National Statistics, during a visit to a Tesco supermarket in Earl’s Court, west London, November 19, 2025CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves must scrap the two-child cap “in full” at the Budget as seven in 10 of the 4.5 million children living in poverty in Britain have at least one working parent, the TUC has warned.
The union body called on Labour to ditch Tory cruelty on Wednesday, with its analysis published today revealing that working people are just £12 a week better off in real terms than they were when the financial crisis hit in 2008.
Public service workers, meanwhile, are no better off compared to 2008, with real pay the same.
TUC general secretary Paul Nowak said the Chancellor must tackle the child poverty emergency by delivering a “living standards Budget.”
He said: “Households up and down the country are still suffering a painful Tory pay hangover — leaving this Labour government with lots of ground to make up.
“That’s why Wednesday is a crucial moment to show ministers are on the side of working people by making affordability a top priority.
“That means a clear plan to bring down energy bills for households. It means action to make work pay by showing ambition on the minimum wage.
“And it means tackling the child poverty emergency by scrapping the two-child benefit cap in full.”
Polling by the TUC also reveals 83 per cent of the public believe no child should be living in poverty in Britain.
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