Two-child benefit cap is ‘a key driver of child poverty’ in UK, research suggests

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Local child poverty rates across the UK correlate very strongly with the percentage of families affected by the two-child benefit cap, research has found, indicating that the controversial policy is a key factor behind children growing up in deprivation.