Abolishing the two-child benefit limit would be a great investment

Barr, Nicholas ORCID: 0000-0002-5325-2055 (2025) Abolishing the two-child benefit limit would be a great investment. British Politics and Policy at LSE (28 May 2025). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Thirty per cent of children in the UK live in poverty. Nicholas Barr argues that abolishing the Two-Child Benefit limit and overall Benefit Cap is good policy not just for ethical reasons but – less widely realised – because investment in children has a very high payoff and should therefore be a part of the Government’s growth agenda.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s)
Divisions:	European Institute
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance
Date Deposited:	17 Jun 2025 12:27
Last Modified:	01 Jul 2025 03:15
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/128463

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