Gordon Brown: two child benefit cap is "cruel" | UK Politics | The New Statesman
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as posted by the channelFormer Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks to the New Statesman.
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Keir Starmer and Labour are under pressure to scrap the two child benefit cap introduced by George Osborne and the Conservatives in 2017.
Gordon Brown, guest editor of the New Statesman, spoke to Anoosh Chakelian whilst visiting the Felix Centre multi-bank in London.
Their conversation covered the child poverty crisis facing Britain, including the former PM's views on the benefit cap.
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