Labour announces plans to lift 550,000 children out of poverty – UK politics live

Starmer hails child poverty strategy as a ‘moral mission’ which will include measures to help with childcare and getting families out of temporary housingPoverty charities have reacted positively to the plan, which was originally intended for spring but then delayed as the government wrestled with the fiscal and political repercussions of removing the two-child limit.The abolition of that cap will cost the government £3bn but lift 450,000 children out of poverty. The suite of other new measures will help 80,000 more. Continue reading...