Disabled children’s charity, Contact, have released information about a welcome change to the benefits system. Here’s what they say:
“The start of the new financial year has seen several changes to the benefit system. One of these is the long-awaited removal of the “two-child limit”.
The two-child limit meant that it wasn’t possible to receive the main child element of Universal Credit for a third or subsequent child born after 6 April 2017, with some exceptions. The limit applied to Universal Credit and used to apply to Child Tax Credit as well. It has never applied to Child Benefit. It has always been possible to receive the disabled child element of Universal Credit for a third or subsequent child who receives an appropriate disability benefit, even where the main child element was not paid.
The government removed the two-child limit from 6 April 2026. All families with three or more children can now claim the main child element of £303.94pcm for all of the children they are responsible for.”