MPs debate in parliament as Labour hints at scrapping two-child benefit cap - watch live

Live coverage from the House of Commons where the prime minister, Keir Starmer, will face pressure from MPs to change his position and abolish the two-child benefit cap
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#benefitcap #children #poverty #childpoverty #labour #keirstarmer

[@icartterr5305]

English parliament the funniest way of learning english efficiently

[@clairee4939]

Yes. The thought of this gave me a smile. If you’re learning English from our MPs I can only imagine the strange noises you will be making!!! 😂😂

[@patrickbateman3840]

@@clairee4939 hear hear

[@alishield5176]

You are already not meeting the minimum of civilian support in neither schools, hospital or public spaces and you want to get rid of a cap after imigration, tax raise and an ecenomic fall with produce and housing

[@Meic3]

And the answer is....Tax The Rich!

[@smarts_1l]

Bro what

[@MrSponge8888]

@@Meic3you understand so little about the realities of taxation.

[@user-kb1rl5qy1k]

You allow in 20 million migrants into a economy that stopped producing stuff decades ago then the only outcome is economic and social decline.

[@Phi1l]

How to stimulate further immigration......

[@danielblake8956]

Keir Starmer is F.O.S

[@latiffrahman1953]

There's a saying look before you leap...UK is a small country and decades ago allowed foreigners to stay in the country to do all the odd jobs jobs...and now UK at the cross roads

[@Ethelneverready]

I'm on minimum wage and work at the NHS..sort are fooking wages out first..instead of 10 kid family's ...makes my effing blood boil...

[@tatata1543]

You’re getting nothing mate, they are the party of business now.

[@tatata1543]

Also, the plural of family is families.

[@oh8866]

Hopefully not at any medical practice I visit! I'd prefer to be seen by somebody with some compassion.

[@gio-oz8gf]

@@tatata1543 Since we're giving singular and plural grammar lessons, "it is the party of business."

[@samxx3gs]

maybe theres a reason ur on minimum wage especially if you are working a low skilled job honestly the government doesn’t decide how much you pay that depends on your value to the nhs, cleaner eg more replaceable than a doctor 😑

[@Trendycosmetics-os6gh]

Martin Lewis warns two-child benefit cap ‘doesn’t exist’ as he explains 3 cash handouts Money expert Martin Lewis says the two-child benefit cap 'doesn't really exist'. By ALEX EVANS, Deputy Audience Editor 16:50, Tue, Jul 23, 2024 | UPDATED: 16:51, Tue, Jul 23, 2024 Money expert Martin Lewis has warned parents that the much vaunted two child benefit cap ‘doesn’t actually exist’ and has instead set out three ways parents can get cash.

[@user-uq6qn1dp3u]

M Ps suspended ,suspended on full pay I bet

[@brettonsmith8534]

Suspended the party ship. Not suspended from parliame.

[@auliashandy4949]

Amazing

[@amarjeetsehmi8995]

Benefits should be only for one child and other half of it and nothing for third child.

[@MchagaUk]

Wow its about time

[@sahaibparvez]

ok brooo

[@JohnConnor-k3g]

The France is gone now you can see they are silent the England and Spain did it you're to know and tell people and let people know

[@user-qd8md4tq1q]

I HAVE HAD TO LEARN TO TALK, WITHOUT OPENING MY MOUTH.

[@user-yv3cw9du8h]

Not one party any use

[@user-qd8md4tq1q]

WHY IS THE HOUSE ONLY ONE EIGTH ATTENDED??????????

[@RonaldShea5680]

Not even one relevant question given our own country is literally dying before our very eyes.

[@BinnyBongBaron_AoE]

Many people will be introducing themselves.

[@rosyapplekitchen635]

Yes let’s increase taxes of hardworking couples who can’t afford children so the scroungers can keep having more, who then also end up on benefits. Well done labour

[@smarts_1l]

dont think thats what theyre saying here pal

[@Meic3]

Around 40% of Universal Credit payments go to those IN WORK 🙄

[@gio-oz8gf]

They should impose the biggest tax burden on those who refuse to contribute to the workforce of tomorrow. Why should I struggle to raise children who will help keep the country going in the future when they selfishly give nothing back? The children of people like me will run everything they will depend on to stay alive.

[@oh8866]

Whos tax do you think they're putting up?

[@rosyapplekitchen635]

@@smarts_1l that’s what labour has always done, increase tax for hardworking people so they can increase benefits for the lazy ones

[@angelediscala]

0:45 "Yeah!!!Yeah" All at once unisono : try and sound like a suicidal dead cow mimicking enthusiasm. And ✅

[@RonaldShea5680]

The Labour party are passionate advocates of open borders, their actions over many decades proves this beyond all doubt.

[@user-qd8md4tq1q]

WHO IS THE LABOUR WOMAN SITTING BEHIND THE SPEAKER, WHO KEEPS PULLING UP HER SKIRT!

[@user-hy9hu6vx9o]

Why you want her number 🤣

[@marketads1]

Comparing a tax credit to benefits is silly. People who are income-poor don’t pay taxes anyway and therefore can’t receive any credit.

[@clairee4939]

Nobody should be paid £40,000 per year for having children they cannot afford. This policy fails on so many levels; basic social justice being the first, economic productivity being the second and helping to fuel illegal immigration being the third.

[@NMMnick]

All waffle and no answers, what are you doing about, NOTHING is the answers.