Haringey (Parliament Politics Magazine) – Labour reports that scrapping the two-child limit will support 8,830 children in Haringey, underscoring the policy’s expected local impact on families.
The policy change impacts 8,830 children in the city and provides fiscal support to families in Tottenham, Wood Green, and sections of Hornsey who have long been plagued with high casing costs, job query, and rising food prices.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said:
“This government is picking up the tab for a failed social experiment that punished working families and pushed hundreds of thousands of children into poverty.
We will not stand by while more children are dragged into hardship.
Fairness must sit at the heart of our social security system so every child gets the best possible start.”
On a national scale, the initiative is anticipated to raise 450,000 children out of poverty, increasing to about 550,000 when combined with other government measures.
Bridget Phillipson, Education Secretary and co-chair of the Ministerial Taskforce on child poverty, said:
“We are removing the two child limit and the cruel rape clause to restore dignity to families.
We are showing every child that their future matters regardless of their background or birth order.”
Haringey has some of the most severe and long- standing poverty in London, with seminaries and nurseries routinely reporting hunger, overcrowded casing, and rising development gaps.
The government’s overarching policy to combat child poverty includes increased free academy lunches, universal breakfast clubs, and significant investment in early nonage services.
Charities have hailed the decision.
Alison Garnham, chief executive of the Child Poverty Action Group, said:
“Lifting children out of poverty is the right thing to do and strengthens our country.
This marks a vital step toward a future where no child grows up in hardship.”
The Prime Minister ingrained the two- child limit, which was introduced in 2017, as a” failed social trial”.
The program has directly resulted in the poverty of approximately 300,000 children, and another 150,000 would have fallen into poverty if no action was taken.
When will payments for affected families in Haringey start?
Payments for affected families in Haringey from the scrapping of the two- child benefit cap on Universal Credit will begin in April 2026, aligning with the public rollout blazoned in Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ November 25, 2025, Budget.
The Department for Work and Pensions( DWP) will automatically recalculate Universal Credit awards for eligible families those with third or posterior children born after April 6, 2017 without taking new claims or action from heirs. Increased payments, comprising£ 3,647 per redundant child annually(£287 yearly), will appear in standard yearly assessment ages starting late April 2026, after system updates.
Haringey Council has no separate original perpetration DWP handles all adaptations city-wide for the estimated 8,830 serving children, though some may face equipment from the overall benefit cap(£25,323 outside London).
