Everything missing in Labour’s first King’s Speech – from the two-child benefit cap to votes at 16

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Here’s an overview of what was missing in the King’s Speech: Scrapping the two-child benefit cap Pressure has been mounting on Labour to scrap the two-child benefit cap since they came into power, with many hoping the new government would use this ceremony to accept demands. Responding to the King’s Speech, the Child Poverty Action Group said: “The new Government pledged an ambitious approach to tackling child poverty but there was little to help achieve that aim in the speech today.” “The two-child limit is the biggest driver of rising child poverty and teachers, struggling parents and even children themselves can testify to the harm the policy is causing to kids day in, day out”. However, speaking to reporters about the reform, he had said: “You’ll have to wait for the King’s Speech for that.” “But I’ve got a number of priorities as we come into government and they are around my missions and economic growth is the number one.” It would seem those who expected to hear about the measure today will have to wait a little longer. Tom Darling, Campaign Manager at the Renters’ Reform Coalition said Labour’s new bill is “welcome,” adding that the group is “concerned, however, that unaffordable rent increases will continue to be no-fault evictions for many renters”.