A story that says it all

Like all of the above I am appalled by this story. This family needs and deserves help.
Apart from signing a petition is there any way of helping her? A petition is great but won't be of much practical help now.

This is horrendous. Presumably even the Tories wouldn't want to punish someone who has cared for their own family. I will write to my MP if that will help. I wonder what happens if someone wants to foster or adopt children and they already have children of their own, or go on to have children after adopting would they still apply the rule?

I doubt the Tories care, Trisher. This is just another way of saving money/cutting benefits.

There can't be so many people in this situation that it will save much for the government.
If they have looked at the case, and refused to do anything, they must just not care.

It's because there are so few in that situation that they can get away with it.

It is far too early to tell if it is discouraging anyone from having additional children.
The policy itself is nasty and deliberately targeting women on low incomes. Another example of Tory brutality I'm afraid. Meanwhile many of those at the other end of the wealth spectrum salt away their millions in tax havens to avoid taxes.