More than 2,000 families with eight or more kids now receive £21,800 a year extra after Labour scrapped two-child benefit cap

Daily Mail - Sep 20, 2026

Official data shows there were 2,200 households on Universal Credit with a child element for eight or more children shortly after the Government axed the cap.

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