'Two-child policy' costs families £2,800 each in benefits, figures show

Campaigners warn poverty will rise as 73,500 low-income families lose financial support

More than 70,000 low-income families lost at least £2,800 each last year after having their entitlement to benefits taken away as a result of the government’s “two-child policy”, official figures show.

The statistics reveal that during the first year of operation, 59% of the 73,500 families who lost financial support for a third child were in work. Nine per cent of UK claimant households with three or more children were affected.

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