By Alison Garnham

This week is the beginning of the end of one of the worst policies for children in modern times.

A Bill to scrap the two-child limit in universal credit has just started its passage through parliament.

Introduced by George Osborne in the austerity era, evidence shows that more than any other policy, the two-child limit is responsible for driving UK child poverty to its current record high.

Most affected families are working, and most have three kids.  Lots made their family planning decisions in better times – before they were forced to claim universal credit by life stuff like a job loss, separation, illness or bereavement – things that can hit........

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