Claim: The two-child benefit limit has pushed 1.5 million children into poverty.
Fact-check: An estimated 250,000 children would be lifted out of poverty if the two-child benefit limit was removed - Full Fact
Verdict: this figure refers to the number of children in households affected by the two-child limit. an estimated 1.1 million of these children are living in poverty, of which an estimated 250,000 are in poverty because of the policy.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Hannah Smith
Date published: 2023-08-03T00:00:00