Care minister Stephen Kinnock was left squirming on BBC Breakfast on Monday, as presenter Jon Kay asked him one simple question that had him stumbling over his words. The Labour politician is the son of Neil Kinnock, the former Labour leader, who recently called for the two-child cap on benefits to be scrapped.

It comes as the policy, which prevents most families from claiming means-tested benefits for any third or additional children born after April 2017, has pushed more and more people into poverty across the UK. The government has been hit by a barrage of complaints and criticism about the policy since it came into effect, with the country’s leaders expected to announce a decision on the cap in autumn, when it publishes its child poverty strategy. It had been due to be published in the spring but has now been delayed until the autumn, with criticism growing.