THE Prime Minister’s “warm words” on reducing child poverty need to be backed by further action, including the end of the two-child benefit cap, Christian charities said this week. She said that the policy, which means that parents cannot claim Universal Credit or child tax credit for more than two children, was “the single biggest driver of child poverty, pushing millions of families into poverty and to the doors of foodbanks”. Removing the two-child limit entirely would immediately benefit hundreds of thousands of children and be a huge step forward in tackling the shameful levels of child poverty in this country,” the spokesperson continued.