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 housingThere’s a lot of reaction coming in on the plan – some believe the new elements aren’t ambitious enough and it’s just a consolidation...
<p>Starmer hails child poverty strategy as a ‘moral mission’ which will include measures to help with childcare and getting families out of temporary housing</p><p>There’s a lot of reaction coming in on the plan – some believe the new elements aren’t ambitious enough and it’s just a consolidation of previously announced measures.<br><br>
But<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6931e272502f392086ee8c5d/child-poverty-strategy.pdf"> here is the full strategy </a>from Keir Starmer’s government, 16 months in, to tackle and reduce the rate of child poverty in the UK.</p><p>There are around 4.5 million children living in poverty in the UK currently – a historic high.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/dec/05/labour-child-poverty-keir-starmer-nigel-farage-reform">Continue reading...</a>
But<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6931e272502f392086ee8c5d/child-poverty-strategy.pdf"> here is the full strategy </a>from Keir Starmer’s government, 16 months in, to tackle and reduce the rate of child poverty in the UK.</p><p>There are around 4.5 million children living in poverty in the UK currently – a historic high.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/dec/05/labour-child-poverty-keir-starmer-nigel-farage-reform">Continue reading...</a>
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