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Gordon Brown slams Tories for ‘peddling lies’ over two-child benefit limit
The removal of the cap will benefit 560,000 families by an average of £5,310 per year and reduce child poverty by 450,000, according to the OBR.
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Gordon Brown takes apart Trump’s reasons for leaving the World Health Organisation
"Without a properly funded World Health Organization, we leave ourselves unprepared.”
Tributes pour in for former Labour deputy prime minister John Prescott who has died aged 86
“John was not only a Labour legend but an inspiration to me and a dear friend. He will be greatly missed by so many."
Gordon Brown reiterates call for two-child benefit limit to be scrapped
Brown made the call to scrap the two-child benefit cap during an interview on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, where he also said that the policy was misunderstood.
MUST WATCH: Gordon Brown perfectly sums up why the two-child benefit cap is unfair
Ending the two-child benefit cap would lift 250,000 children out of poverty, and lessen the effects of poverty on a further 850,000, according to the Child Poverty Action Group.
Gordon Brown reiterates calls to rejoin European Union
‘Many voted to stay in the European Union and feel very frustrated we are outside it.’