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The Department for Work and Pensions has just published statistics on the number of people affected by the so-called two-child benefit cap, which restricts child tax credit and universal credit to the first two children in most households.

There was a total of 1.6 million children living in households which are affected by the cap, up from 1.5 million last year.

Campaigners are calling for the two-child benefit cap to be scrapped, calling it the biggest driver of the rise in child poverty in the UK.

Mum of three, Olympia, told Woman鈥檚 Hour鈥檚 Anita Rani how the cap has impacted her family.

She told Anita that despite her and her husband working full time, they struggle to afford basics such as breakfast for their children, leaving her feeling like she鈥檚 failed as a mother.

Anita was also joined in the discussion by 麻豆约拍 political correspondent Hannah Miller to lay out the new government鈥檚 plans around the cap, and Sara Ogilvie from the charity Child Poverty Action Group, to find out more.

You can listen to the full interview on 麻豆约拍 Sounds 鈥� it鈥檚 the Woman鈥檚 Hour episode from 11 July.

Work and Pensions Secretary of State Liz Kendall MP said in a statement:
鈥淭oo many children are growing up in poverty and this is a stain on our society.
鈥淲e will work to give every child the best start in life by delivering our manifesto commitment to implement an ambitious strategy to reduce child poverty.
鈥淚 will hold critical meetings with charities and experts next week to get this urgent work under way.鈥�

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