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Poverty impacts of social security changes at Budget 2025

Estimates of the impact of social security changes at Budget 2025 on low income poverty levels.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 26 November 2025

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Removing the two-child limit on Universal Credit: Impact on low income poverty levels in the United Kingdom

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Universal Credit households not receiving a child element and not benefit capped by country and parliamentary constituency - April 2025

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In November 2025, the UK government announced that from April 2026 it will be removing the two-child limit so that families can receive the child element of Universal Credit for all children regardless of family size. This publication provides an estimate of the impact on low income poverty levels as well as information on households and children who are affected by the two-child limit and not affected by the benefit cap, broken down by country and parliamentary constituency.

Published 26 November 2025