Sixty Bishops from the Church of England and senior representatives from other Christian, Jewish and Muslim organisations have come together to urge the Government to rethink its two-child limit policy, one year on from its introduction.
The IFS says about 160,000 children who would have qualified for free school meals under the legacy benefits system will find themselves ineligible under Universal Credit.
The Court of Appeal overturned a ruling that the lower benefit cap unlawfully discriminates against lone parents with children aged under two, but left the door open for a wider challenge to the lawfulness of the cap as it applies to all lone parents.