Robert Jenrick And Suella Braverman Accidentally Vote To Scrap Child Benefit Cap

Reform UK MPs Suella Braverman and Robert Jenrick voted to scrap the two-child benefit cap – even though their party is now in favour of keeping it.

The bungling pair accidentally walked into the wrong voting lobbies in the House of Commons on Tuesday night.

The five other Reform MPs who took part voted against scrapping it, in keeping with what is now their party’s policy.

One Labour MP said the mix-up showed they “couldn’t run a bath, let alone a country”.

Reform UK sources initially tried to claim that it was a “genuine mistake” by Braverman and Jenrick – who both defected from the Tories last month – and that their votes had not been registered.

However, official Commons records show that the pair did vote along with Labour, the Lib Dems, the SNP, DUP and Plaid Cymru to scrap the cap.

The motion to end the cap, which was introduced by the last Tory government in an attempt to slash the welfare bill, was passed by 458 votes to 104.

One Labour MP told HuffPost UK: “Reform’s attempt to spin this by saying neither MP registered a vote is just nonsense.”

Others took to social media to mock Jenrick and Braverman.

When the government announced last year that it was scrapping the two-child cap, Reform leader Nigel Farage said it was “the right thing to do”.

“We believe for lower-paid workers this actually makes having children just a little bit easier for them,” he said.

However, Farage now says the cap should only be lifted for households where both parents are British and in full-time work.

On Tuesday, he said Reform would use the money saved to fund support for pubs.