Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy noticeThe education secretary has said that lifting the two child benefit cap is "definitely on the table", amid growing pressure on the government to scrap the controversial policy. Bridget Phillipson, who is in the race to succeed Angela Rayner as deputy leader of the party, argued there is “absolutely” more to do when it comes to tackling child poverty, adding that she will "make it happen". The education secretary said she "understands the impatience" from MPs and voters when it comes to lifting the cap, adding: "Tackling child poverty has always been the moral mission of this government". The education secretary has previously described the two child limit as “spiteful”, saying she wanted a “mandate to go further” as deputy leader and “make tackling child poverty the unbreakable moral mission of this Labour government”.