R (LMN) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Subject Matter

SOCIAL SECURITY — Welfare benefits — Universal credit — Entitlement to additional element of universal credit for children subject to two-child limit — Exception to two-child limit for children conceived non-consensually less advantageous than exception for children joining family as result of adoption or non-parental caring arrangements — Whether rules on two-child limit giving rise to unlawful discrimination in enjoyment of Convention rights — Whether giving rise to breach of state’s duty to protect individuals from inhuman or degrading treatment — Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 3, 8, 14, Pt II, art 1 — Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c 5), s 10 — Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/376), regs 4, 24A, 24B

[2025] EWHC 1849 (Admin); [2025] 1 WLR 5088; [2025] WLR(D) 388, KBD