Authors

    Tom Waters
    Tom Waters

    Associate Director

    Tom is an Associate Director at the IFS and Head of the Income, Work and Welfare sector.

    Explainer details

    DOI
    10.1920/ex.ifs.2024.0039
    Publisher
    Institute for Fiscal Studies

    Suggested citation

    Waters, T. (2024). What is the two-child limit in benefits? [Explainer] Institute for Fiscal Studies. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/articles/what-two-child-limit-benefits (accessed: 15 June 2025).

    Grant

    ESRC Institute for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy 2020-25 General Election briefings 2024 (Nuffield Foundation) General Election analysis 2024 (abrdn Financial Fairness Trust)

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