Education secretary Bridget Phillipson.A cabinet minister has confirmed that Labour wants to scrap the two-child benefit cap.Bridget Phillipson said the government “will do what is necessary” to lift more children out of poverty.Under the policy, which was introduced by the last Tory government in 2017, families cannot receive benefits for more than two of their children.Keir Starmer – who had previously ruled out removing the cap – is now understood to be in favour of the move, and wants