Wales' first minister has called on Sir Keir Starmer to scrap the two-child benefit cap.
Eluned Morgan said her government was "really worried about child poverty" and called the policy, brought in by the Conservative UK government in 2017, "damaging".
She said it "prevents most families from claiming means-tested benefits for any third or additional children born after April of that year". UK government Education Secretary for England Bridget Phillipson said on Tuesday the policy had driven many families into poverty and "nothing is off the table" as ministers consider scrapping it.
Plaid Cymru accused Morgan of "staggering hypocrisy", for previously criticising its calls to end the cap.
But the Welsh Conservatives warned ditching the cap "would come at a financial cost – ultimately borne by hardworking taxpayers".
According to the most recent UK government statistics, 21,000 families in Wales were affected by the cap in April 2024.
