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George Osborne’s “two-child” policy broke the link between mouths to feed & support received which traces back to the Elizabethan poor law
Instead, it treated children as a consumer good
The effects were grimly predictable & here they are h/t @resfoundation
Instead, it treated children as a consumer good
The effects were grimly predictable & here they are h/t @resfoundation
Some thoughts from a while ago on why this was going to happen https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/amber-rudds-so-called-u-turn-on-the-two-child-benefit-cap-isnt-good-enough
Had a question on dates
Remember the household benefit cap which started to break the link between family size & benefits came in earlier — soon hit in london especially
Remember the household benefit cap which started to break the link between family size & benefits came in earlier — soon hit in london especially
Remember the demonisation of large families on social security that, with savage irrelevance, was stoked after Mick Philpott killed several of his kids in a fire https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/apr/05/social-security-philpott-editorial
