The two-child benefit limit is affecting 37,000 children with 1.7 million now living in households affected by the policy ...

Dan Paskins, the executive director of policy, advocacy and campaigns at Save the Children UK, said the figures were “devastating and shameful in equal measure”.

Will there be another Cost of Living Payment in 2025? The DWP have not announced any continuation of the Cost of Living Payment scheme that ran between 2022 and 2024.