Reeves condemns Farage opposition to lifting two-child benefit cap

Exclusive: Chancellor says Reform leader wants to keep children in poverty based on skin colour after U-turn

Rachel Reeves has said she was angered by Nigel Farage’s suggestion that only British-born families should have the two-child benefit cap lifted, saying the Reform UK leader would keep children in poverty based on their skin colour.

The chancellor, who will introduce legislation to lift the cap on Thursday, said it had been a burden for her not to be able to do so sooner, but it had been vital to do it at a moment of market stability.