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To tackle child poverty the government must deal with parental poverty
Labour's child poverty strategy offers some welcome measures, but it won't address the factors keeping families trapped in poverty
Gordon Brown slams Tories for ‘peddling lies’ over two-child benefit limit
The removal of the cap will benefit 560,000 families by an average of £5,310 per year and reduce child poverty by 450,000, according to the OBR.
Mel Stride says scrapping the two-child limit is the ‘wrong choice’
The Tory MP thinks scrapping a policy that has pushed hundreds of thousands of children into poverty is the 'wrong choice'
Five key takeaways from the Autumn Budget
There were some radical choices in Rachel Reeves’ Budget, but some will leave low and middle-income workers paying the price for reducing the national debt
Labour confirms abolition of two-child cap which will reduce child poverty by 450,000
The removal of the cap will benefit 560,000 families by an average of £5,310 per year and reduce child poverty by 450,000, according to the OBR.
Nigel Farage’s proposed benefits ban for EU citizens ‘designed to jeopardise’ UK-EU relationship, says campaign group
Reform has outlined a set of policies to plug the fiscal black hole, but Best for Britain says Farage's plans would leave the country “worse off”