Daily Mail analysis today lays bare the impact of the Government's decision to ditch the two-child benefit cap. Reeves' decision to lift the cap will benefit 470,000 bigger families on benefits, costing the taxpayer £3.2billion a year. The Conservatives have already pledged to restore the two-child cap if they win power. In her response to Ms Reeves' plan to scrap the two-child benefit cap while raising taxes on working people, Conservatives leader Kemi Badenoch branded the announcement a 'Benefits Street Budget'. A government spokesman said: 'This is an extreme hypothetical example that doesn't reflect how the benefit system works in practice for the vast majority of families on Universal Credit.

Source: Daily Mail December 27, 2025 14:10 UTC