Labour Under Pressure To Axe “Cruel” Two Child Benefit Cap Affecting 1.6mn Kids | #NovaraLIVE

Keir Starmer faces renewed pressure to scrap the two-child benefit cap as new figures reveal the devastating impact of the policy.

Plus: Mixed messages from Ed Miliband on oil and gas exploration licences; and Thames Water is put into special measures.

00:00 Intro
01:11 Pressure To Scrap 2 Child Benefit Cap
14:17 Labour On North Sea Oil Licenses
25:24 Thames Water In Special Measures
37:36 Thangam Debbonaire VS The Green Party

With Dalia Gebrial and Mike Bankole.
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[summer]

The 'Defence' budget is actually the 'Offence' budget. It is almost limitless whenever the UK, as the US' pet poodle, is willing to splash when summoned.

[isbestlizard]

Labour: there's no money to lift 1.6 million kids out of poverty, but when the water companies go bankrupt in 6 months time you can BET we'll just shake the magic money tree and bung them 20 billion pounds

[nqa]

I want to know the salarys these water CEOs are getting. UK is broken.

[EamonCoyle]

Becoming clear that the big fight for Labour will be in how long people will accept blaming the previous government for their lack of action !!

[johnkingsley]

Re-distribute the wealth in UK as there's plenty of it but in fewer and fewer hands, and then stop this fascistic nonsense of punishing poor people for having "too many children"

[mont]

If only parents could figure out what keeps causing children...

[DecMurphy]

What I want to know is why is George Osborne still free?

[datfly]

Yet, if it were a policy that provided corporate welfare, they would have no problem justifying it. Austerity impoverishes nations and just doesn’t work. If anything, social spending needs to increase - this generally provides an economic stimulus as most of the money goes back into the economy.

[scottessery]

3:22 pensioners can vote....children cant. thats a political choice

[ValQuinn]

Macquarie Group, which owns Southern Water, is worth nearly a trillion dollars. Instead of compensating these crooks, we should fine them billions for breach of contract and endangering life, then use that money to fund renationalisation.

[zoebeser]

There is a way for the 2 child cap to be removed AND disabled people to be properly supported without living in constant fear and
Companies paying employees So rather than a person in work having to claim UC (which is something in the region of 38% of the welfare budget), the company has to apply for a "wage top up"... There's a system in place that could be used to deliver it, the one used for SSP and SMP. Businesses would have to justify each claim they made, (like a UC claimant already has to do).
There are so many cries of "it's not fair to the tax payer" when it comes to child poverty or disability The unfairness comes from businesses who's profit is reliant on their employees being kept reliant on (in work) benefits, yet year on year pay huge bonuses to execs on top of the ginormous salaries and dividends.

[famesx]

How about if you can’t afford kids, don’t have them? It’s not others responsibility to pay for your poor planning. I get this dosent apply to everyone as some people had a large amount of kids while having economic stability but a large amount of people don’t fall into this category. Frankly I think the idea that others should pay for your kids is disgusting

[maxgodwin]

When it comes to the two child benefits cap, there's something you might be forgetting. At the top of the twisted conservative ten commandments is, and has always been, thou shall not allow the children of the poor to compete on a level playing field with the children of the rich. This is conservative pathology 101. People in general are the enemy. People in general are competitors and rivals. And what's the best way to win a race, cripple the rival horses before they even leave the stalls.

[KeithPrince-cpme]

I'm a pensioner and believe me it's a struggle on the state pension, the lowest in western Europe . Of course the two child benefit cap should be axed but the pension triple lock should be maintained, this country can afford both, please don't try and pit us oldies against youngsters.

[Kitgilmore]

It breaks their hearts! As they go home to their nice houses with no worries about paying their heating bill and putting food on the table; in their climate disastrous cars and their career goals

[RHole]

Labour's modest proposal: Send the poor children to Ukraine's front lines.

[WinstonMelbourne-vtvt]

they can remove the child lock they could tax the energy companies which would bring in the money

[roostah]

I’m in Bristol central and voted for Carla. Thanghams response was very dishonest! Her contention was that they couldn’t vote for a ceasefire until certain conditions, which could only be achieved via a ceasefire, were in place. They basically said “We can’t call for a ceasefire until there is a ceasefire in place, which we refuse to call for!!!!” WTAF???!!! Glad she’s gone if that’s her defence! Looking forward to more progressive and honest politics over the next 5 years!

[xenoplayz]

UC needs to be increased for all on benefits, the cost of living crisis is still here in the uk, food prices are higher then they've ever been! Its the same story for bills! The only way to help people is give them more and bring in lower price caps for energy.

[stephen_pfrimmer]

Thank you Dalia. Thank you Mike (Dr Bankole).