Chancellor Rachel Reeves lifted the two-child child benefit cap and announced that families with more than two children would also receive benefits. She cited children in poverty as the reason, but it lacks credibility. First of all, there are no children dying of hunger. Families with two children can already receive more than £1,350 annually for their first child and £2,400 for more than one child.
If people start having more than one child to receive benefits, the result is a generation that relies on benefits. People start having children every year and applying for benefits. For example, if someone has five children, they are eligible for more than £10,000 annually. This means they will earn as much in benefits as a minimum wage earner.
The vast majority of these families will continue to live comfortably because they don’t pay rent and live in council housing. The burden of feeding these families with many children will fall on the working class, who pay their taxes and work full-time. It’s a complete and utterly amoral system. The working class will work like a donkey, meeting the annual needs of those who simply have children without working.
Indeed, a significant portion of these families have even qualified for universal credit by paying no taxes or by showing up part-time. Let’s just say that the working and taxpaying class is starting to feel like a donkey. They’re working, while those who happily have children, despite not deserving it, will live their lives. Meanwhile, we should also consider Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ family and surroundings. Are there any families among her and her relatives with more than two children?