Bring back the two-child benefit cap
“And I have already announced that we would reinstate the two-child benefit cap.”
- Promised
Where it stands
The Conservatives are not in government, so the card stays at Promised. The limit stopped applying from 6 April 2026 under the Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Act 2026. The speech says she had announced this before; the card records it from this speech. Her news release of 24 September puts the saving at £3.1 billion a year and counts it towards paying for defence.
What has happened
- Sep 2026Kemi Badenoch says the Conservatives would reinstate the two-child benefit cap, Promised
About the cost
The party says reinstating the cap would save £3.1 billion a year. No official or independent costing has been published.
More detail
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