{"id":78018,"date":"2026-02-18T19:30:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/starmer-says-reforms-pledge-to-restore-two-child-benefit-cap-in-full-is-shameful-uk-politics-live\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T19:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T14:00:19","slug":"starmer-says-reforms-pledge-to-restore-two-child-benefit-cap-in-full-is-shameful-uk-politics-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/starmer-says-reforms-pledge-to-restore-two-child-benefit-cap-in-full-is-shameful-uk-politics-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer says Reform\u2019s pledge to restore two-child benefit cap in full is \u2018shameful\u2019 \u2013 UK politics live"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nqenglish-card-frame\">\n<div class=\"nqenglish-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/78211e133afeebfc48c95355e5486393a9a1b5c7\/1109_332_7086_5668\/master\/7086.jpg?width=1200&#038;height=630&#038;quality=85&#038;auto=format&#038;fit=crop&#038;precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&#038;overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&#038;overlay-width=100p&#038;overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctbGl2ZS5wbmc&#038;enable=upscale&#038;s=a14b3ca150adec79cc29048c7d138da6\" alt=\"Starmer says Reform\u2019s pledge to restore two-child benefit cap in full is \u2018shameful\u2019 \u2013 UK politics live\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"nqenglish-cat lang-en\">Politics<\/div>\n<div class=\"nqenglish-headline\">Starmer says Reform\u2019s pledge to restore two-child benefit cap in full is \u2018shameful\u2019 \u2013 UK politics live<\/div>\n<div class=\"nqenglish-summary\">Reform UK\u2019s Robert Jenrick has announced party\u2019s plans to cut welfare spendingRobert Jenrick, Reform UK\u2019s Treasury spokesperson, is giving his speech now.He has announced, or confirmed, three measures to cut welfare spending.The number claiming disability benefits for an attention disorder has more than doubled since Covid. We all know a significant number of these claims are spurious \u2026 We will stop those with mild anxiety, depression, and similar conditions from claiming disability benefits and instead encourage them into the dignity of work.We will end the abuse of the Motability scheme, where expensive cars are handed out for conditions like tennis elbow, and paid for by working people who can\u2019t afford them themselves. Continue reading&#8230;<\/div>\n<div class=\"nqenglish-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/live\/2026\/feb\/18\/keir-starmer-labour-youth-unemployment-minimum-wage-eluned-morgan-wales-robert-jenrick-reform-conservatives-kemi-badenoch-uk-politics-latest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full Story<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"nqenglish-disclaimer\">Technically enhanced content presented under fair use in public-interest journalism.<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politics Starmer says Reform\u2019s pledge to restore two-child benefit cap in full is \u2018shameful\u2019 \u2013 UK politics live Reform UK\u2019s Robert Jenrick has announced party\u2019s plans to cut welfare spendingRobert Jenrick, Reform UK\u2019s Treasury spokesperson, is giving his speech now.He has announced, or confirmed, three measures to cut welfare spending.The number claiming disability benefits for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":78019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowl-PACw:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-en"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzquest.in\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}