The Conservatives and Reform UK are “united in their intention to plunge nearly half a million children back into poverty”, Chancellor Rachel Reeves said.She was referring to the Government’s decision to scrap the two-child benefit cap, which she described as a “moral choice”.In her spring forecast statement, Ms Reeves added: The Tories have said they would reinstate that destructive policy and now Reform are saying exactly the same thing. Two parties united in their intention to plunge nearly half a million children back into poverty in a single stroke.
