Doffing Our Cap?

The Government kept the two-child benefit cap in place for a year and a half as a kind of virility symbol, withdrawing the whip from MPs who had voted to lift it. But better late than never, I suppose. And the only thing even funnier than the vanguard elite is always the master race, which is excelling itself today by pointing out that the lifting of the two-child benefit cap will favour its least favourite ethnic minorities while complaining about being outbred by them. Take as long as you need.

To our shame, two in five Universal Credit claimants are in work, and two thirds of children in poverty are in households with at least one adult in work. Almost anyone might lose their job, and anyone at all might become too ill to work. This cap has been a significant driver of abortion. By putting money in the hands of the people who spend it, the lifting of this cap will stimulate our consumer economy, as sickness and disability benefits do, and as the triple lock does, all while declaring the social and cultural value of the direct beneficiaries.