露西鲍威尔提议对赌博征税 以结束双子福利上限, 使500K儿童摆脱贫困。 Lucy Powell proposes taxing gambling to end the two-child benefit cap, lifting 500K kids out of poverty.

劳动副领导候选人Lucy Powell提议提高赌博公司的税收,以资助结束双子女津贴上限,即一项2015年政策,限制儿童税收抵免,并对大多数家庭中的前两个儿童实行普遍信贷。 Labour deputy leadership candidate Lucy Powell has proposed raising taxes on gambling firms to fund ending the two-child benefit cap, a 2015 policy limiting child tax credits and universal credit to the first two children in most households. 她认为这一行动可以使50万儿童摆脱贫困,并强调劳工局需要明确将消除儿童贫困作为优先事项。 She argued the move could lift half a million children out of poverty and emphasized Labour’s need to clearly prioritize fighting child poverty. 鲍威尔引用了一份报告,其中建议赌博税改革可产生32亿英镑。 Powell cited a report suggesting gambling tax reforms could generate £3.2 billion. 她的竞争对手、教育部长布里奇特·菲利普森（Bridget Phillipson）也支持废除这一上限，称其为道德上的当务之急，而首相基尔·斯塔默爵士（Sir Keir Starmer）尚未做出承诺，但也没有排除这种可能性。 Her rival, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson, also supports scrapping the cap, calling it a moral imperative, while Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has not committed but hasn’t ruled it out. 两位候选人都获得足够支持, 以推进最后投票, 获选者将于10月25日宣布, 在劳工局年会举办活动后, 获选者将在10月25日宣布。 Both candidates have secured enough backing to advance to the final ballot, with the winner to be announced on October 25 following a hustings event at Labour’s annual conference.