Starmer sets out plans to cut child poverty by 550,000

Evening Standard

Sir Keir Starmer has set out moral and economic arguments for lifting children out of poverty as the Government launched its strategy on the issue, largely driven by the £3 billion decision to scrap the two-child benefit cap.The plan – long-awaited by campaigners – comes with around 4.5 million children living in poverty in the UK.

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00:00Well, the Child Poverty Strategy is the single biggest initiative

00:28that any government has taken on child poverty.

00:32And I said that this government will have a mission to drive down child poverty

00:36because children should be able to go as far as their talent will take them.

00:41They shouldn't have barriers, but poverty is a barrier to children realising their talents,

00:48being able to play their full part in the economy.

00:51And that's why I'm really proud to have launched the strategy.

00:54At the heart of the strategy is lifting the two-child benefit cap,

00:58which will lift half a million children out of poverty.

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