Starmer Sets out Plans to Cut Child Poverty by 550,000

Starmer Sets out Plans to Cut Child Poverty by 550,000
The Prime Minister said the statistics on child poverty were ‘shocking’ and came with an ‘individual human cost’ Justin Tallis/PA
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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.