Alongside prosperity in Holborn and St Pancras are thousands of households for whom lifting the two-child benefit cap could mean an end to hunger• The two-child benefit cap: what is it, does it work and how much would it cost to scrap it?It’s been one of Cat Onyac’s better days. Her two children are concentrating on their crochet project, sitting in the sunshine at HvH Arts in north London. And they’ve eaten. “All the children get a hot meal,” she says.The family is at a summer scheme for children in Camden on the edge of Keir Starmer’s constituency, and food is just as important as learning photography, painting or music. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/28/two-child-benefit-cap-keir-starmer-constituency-families-poverty
Author : James Tapper
Publish date : 2024-07-28 08:00:47
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