The two-child benefit cap has pushed 10,000 children into poverty since the Labour Government took office, new research has found.
It means 109 children have fallen into poverty each day since 5 July, according to the Child Poverty Action Group.
The two-child limit means parents are denied key benefits like Universal Credit for their third child and any subsequent children born from April 2017.
Previous analysis by the Child Poverty Action Group found scrapping the policy would pull 300,000 children out of poverty and reduce the depth of poverty for 700,000 more.
The charity’s chief executive, Alison Garnham, said: ‘The clock is ticking while child poverty rises – and the two-child limit is the key driver of the increase.
‘Scrapping it is the most cost-effective way to stop more kids being pulled into poverty on the Government’s watch.
‘We welcome the Government’s child poverty taskforce but the damage grows every day – the policy must be abolished in the upcoming Budget.’
