Keir Starmer gives clear hint two-child benefit cap will be lifted in Budget

The Prime Minister has strongly hinted that the two-child benefit cap will be lifted in the Budget later this month. Asked about whether his Labour government is about to lift the cap, Sir Keir Starmer told ITV’s Lorraine programme: "I wouldn't be telling you that we're going to drive down child poverty if I wasn't clear that we will be taking a number of measures in order to do so."The PM's comments follow Chancellor Rachel Reeves' signal that she was open to scrapping the limit in her November 26 Budget.Sir Keir told Lorraine in the interview recorded on Monday and broadcast on Tuesday: "I can tell you in no uncertain terms I'm determined to drive child poverty down."It is what the last Labour government did, and it's one of the things we were proudest of."I am personally determined that is what we are going to do.