Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson admits making future decisions are harder

Sir Keir Starmer is risking another fight with the Labour Left after plans to scrap the two-child benefits cap were described as being 'dead in the water'. Economists are warning that fresh tax rises are likely when Ms Reeves announces her next Budget in the autumn. And a Cabinet minister this morning said that future spending decisions - such as axing the two-child benefits cap at a cost of £3.4billion a year - were now 'harder'.