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Closed Abolish the two-child limit on Universal Credit in light of the Covid19 pandemic

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The two child limit that has been in place on Universal Credit since 2017 is unfair, particularly in light of Covid-19 which proves that it is nigh on impossible to predict future financial status.

Covid-19 meant my partner lost his job, and he is now working on just over the minimum wage. Additionally, due to childcare issues with my daughters before and after school club, I am no longer in a position to return to work after my maternity leave. We have now had to claim UC for the first time, and because 2 of our 3 children are born after 2017, we are limited to support for the eldest two children.

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    MPs to debate Work and Pensions Committee Report on the DWP’s response to the coronavirus outbreak

    MPs will debate the Work and Pensions Committee Report on the DWP’s response to the coronavirus outbreak this Thursday 26 November in the main House of Commons Chamber. The subject of the debate has been determined by the Backbench Business Committee.

    This will be a debate on a motion proposed by Stephen Timms MP, Chair of the Committee, on which Members may vote at the end of the debate. It calls for the Government to take note of the report, and to increase relevant legacy benefits in line with increases to universal credit, to take steps to return people who have been inadvertently left worse off under universal credit compared with their previous benefits, and to suspend the no recourse to public funds visa condition for the duration of the coronavirus outbreak.

    The debate will start in the afternoon, following the debate on the final report of Climate Assembly UK.

    Read the report: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/1558/documents/14743/default/

    Watch the debate: https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/4a97645c-8b6c-4ccc-a267-b564dfeab638

    Find out more about how Parliamentary debates work: https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/business/debates/
    Find out more about the Backbench Business Committee: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/202/backbench-business-committee/

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