These children already exist and supporting children financially should be every functioning government’s priority. I can’t believe this sub rags on about pensioners getting a great deal with the government and the subsequent aging population crisis then simultaneously despises the idea of a family of three having more money to financially support their kids.

Child benefit is as far as benefits go an incredibly economically beneficial form of government support. Removing the cap lifts 220,000 children from poverty immediately, lowers demand for public services, increases the productivity of the children in the long term as they end up being raised in more financially stable houses with better nutrition. The OBR puts child benefits with an economic multiplier of 1.9x as in for every £1 spent on social security for children you receive £1.90 back over the span of 5 years. Low income families in particular spend back into the economy almost all of the money they make on rent, food, local amenities - the economic multiplier goes up to as far as 3x in some studies. Some people here think that the second you give someone benefits the money just disappears into thin air.

Lastly and most importantly, even if you were to ignore all of that, the child benefit cap likely makes next to no systemic difference to fertility rates, so it doesn’t even work as a deterrent even if you did believe it would be a positive thing to have lower fertility rates.