Will Starmer Scrap the Two-Child Benefit Cap?
And Rayner responds to the Telegraph memo leak.
Today we look at whether the government is about to row back on another policy - the two-child benefit cap.
It prevents parents from claiming universal credit or child tax credit for a third child, with a few exemptions.
Speaking to Laura this morning, the Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner refused to confirm whether it was going to be scrapped.
Rayner also responded to a story in The Telegraph this week, after the paper got hold of a document that suggests she’s is at odds with the chancellor over economic policy.
And Laura, Paddy and Henry discuss how safe Kemi Badenoch is as leader of the opposition.
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