{"id":87499,"date":"2026-04-07T11:54:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=87499"},"modified":"2026-04-07T11:54:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:54:25","slug":"parents-say-end-of-two-child-benefit-cap-means-they-can-afford-school-uniforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/04\/07\/parents-say-end-of-two-child-benefit-cap-means-they-can-afford-school-uniforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents say end of two-child benefit cap means they can afford school uniforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA20gjvt.img?w=534&amp;h=356&amp;m=6\" alt=\"Parents said the policy change would mean they could afford for their kids to join school trips (Picture: Getty Images)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Families on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/universal-credit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">Universal Credit<\/a>\u00a0no longer face a benefit cap based on how many children they have, as the two-child limit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2026\/04\/06\/major-changes-universal-credit-workers-rights-happening-27865864\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;a&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">officially comes to an end<\/a> today.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/world\/parents-say-end-of-two-child-benefit-cap-means-they-can-afford-school-uniforms\/ar-AA20j4mq?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=69d4ebd3f2c442068dc379fd17de8231&amp;ei=23\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Families on\u00a0Universal Credit\u00a0no longer face a benefit cap based on how many children they have, as the two-child limit\u00a0officially comes to an&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-87499","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Aldi-school-uniform.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87499"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87500,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87499\/revisions\/87500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}