What is in the UK government’s child poverty strategy?
Several elements had already been announced, including lifting the two-child benefit cap and increasing free school mealsKeir Starmer has hailed his government’s plan to tackle child poverty as a “moral mission”, with a promise to lift half a million children out of hardship.It is the first...
<p>Several elements had already been announced, including lifting the two-child benefit cap and increasing free school meals</p><p>Keir Starmer has hailed <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/05/new-uk-child-poverty-strategy-pat-mcfadden-welfare-reform">his government’s plan to tackle child poverty</a> as a “moral mission”, with a promise to lift half a million children out of hardship.</p><p>It is the first such document in more than a decade and was described by the Resolution Foundation thinktank as a “sea change” in the government’s approach to children in poverty.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/05/uk-government-child-poverty-strategy-explainer">Continue reading...</a>
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