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The two-child benefit cap is social cleansing. Starmer must end it - Rosie Duffield

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IwantToRetire · 21/07/2024 18:33

In an outspoken challenge to her leader, Labour’s Rosie Duffield says Tory rules penalising women with three or more children are worthy of The Handmaid’s Tale

Key points

  • Labour MP condemns “anti-feminist and unequal” legislation, especially its “rape clause”
  • Sir Keir Starmer has said scrapping the law is unaffordable at present
  • More than a dozen backbenchers are forcing the issue with an amendment to the King’s Speech
  • Like her friend JK Rowling, Duffield has previously attacked Labour’s record on women

The two-child limit is a feminist issue. It is a heinous piece of legislation and the reason above all others that I was driven to stand as a member of parliament. With the introduction of such a sinister and overtly sexist law, I was propelled towards Westminster to stop it.

article continues at https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/rosie-duffield-mp-two-child-benefit-cap-scncpn9dd

and at https://archive.ph/5On4a

The two-child benefit cap is social cleansing. Starmer must end it

In an outspoken challenge to her leader, Labour’s Rosie Duffield says Tory rules penalising women with three or more children are worthy of The Handmaid’s Tale

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/rosie-duffield-mp-two-child-benefit-cap-scncpn9dd

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Hoardasurass · 21/07/2024 18:44

Sorry but I have to disagree. Many of us chose to only have 1 or 2 children before the cap was introduced because that's all we could afford, having a large family is a privilege not a right especially when you expect other people to pay for them

TruthorDie · 21/07/2024 18:41

I really don’t think it is. No one has to have more than 2 children. I wanted (note want not needed!) more but can’t afford them so stopped at 2. That’s just life 🤷‍♀️. No one can blindly pro-create without consequences. I am not a fan of 99% of the stuff the conservatives did but this was totally fair enough.

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IwantToRetire · 21/07/2024 18:37

... removing the two-child limit would come at a cost. We estimate that removing the two-child limit would cost the government about £3.4 billion a year. For a sense of scale, this is equal to roughly 3% of the total working-age benefit budget; it is also approximately the same cost as freezing fuel duties for the next parliament, or cutting the basic rate of income tax by half a penny.

https://ifs.org.uk/articles/two-child-limit-poverty-incentives-and-cost

The two-child limit: poverty, incentives and cost | Institute for Fiscal Studies

What impact has the ‘two-child limit’ in universal credit had, and what policy choices does the next government face?

https://ifs.org.uk/articles/two-child-limit-poverty-incentives-and-cost

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