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  • 1 week ago | bbc.com | Kate Whannel

    We want to make it easier to have children - FarageKate WhannelWatch: BBC asks Nigel Farage if Reform UK's "numbers add up" to pay for policy plansReform UK leader Nigel Farage has said he wants to make it easier for people to have children, as he confirmed his party would back more generous tax breaks for married people and scrap the two-child benefit limit.

  • 1 week ago | bbc.co.uk | Kate Whannel

    Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has said he wants to make it easier for people to have children, as he confirmed his party would back more generous tax breaks for married people and scrap the two-child benefit limit. In a speech in central London, Farage said he wanted to lift the cap "not because we support a benefits culture" but because it would make things easier for lower-paid workers.

  • 1 week ago | bbc.com | Kate Whannel

    Ministers considering scrapping two-child benefit capKate WhannelPA MediaEducation Secretary Bridget Phillipson has said the government is looking at scrapping the two-child benefit cap but warned it would "cost a lot of money". Speaking to the BBC, the minister said the policy - which prevents most families from claiming means-tested benefits for any third or additional children born after April 2017 - had pushed people into poverty.

  • 2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Leila Nathoo |Kate Whannel

    A senior No 10 source said the government was not waiting to take action to tackle child poverty, pointing to the roll out of free breakfast clubs, benefits uprating and the rise in the minimum wage. The party's work and pensions spokeswoman Kirsty Blackman accused Labour of being "more interested in imitating Nigel Farage than tackling the scourge of child poverty, which has risen to record levels on Keir Starmer's watch".

  • 2 weeks ago | sg.news.yahoo.com | Kate Whannel |Alice Cuddy

    Diego Garcia, the largest island in the archipelago, was separated from Mauritius along with the rest of the Chagos Islands in 1965 and now houses a US military base [Reuters]A deal that would see the UK hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius can go ahead, the High Court has said, after lifting a temporary block on the agreement. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer had been due to sign the deal at a virtual ceremony with Mauritian government representatives on Thursday.

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