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Scrapping DWP two-child benefit limit 'on the table', Bridget Phillipson insists

Scrapping DWP two-child benefit limit 'on the table', Bridget Phillipson insists

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson made clear the two-child benefit limit- introduced by austerity Chancellor George Osborne - had pushed kids into poverty

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