US EditionNorth East Has Worst Childhood Obesity Levels in England as Families Hit with 'Crushing' Poverty
ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 8 – Dame Rachel de Souza calls for ending the two-child benefit limit to address record 4.45 million children in poverty and improve housing, food, and healthcare access.
- The Children's Commissioner for England published a report in 2025 revealing that 4.5 million children live in poverty, facing issues like rat-infested homes and seeing bacon as luxury food.
- This situation follows the 2017 implementation of the two-child benefit cap, which restricts most families from claiming benefits for three or more children, affecting about 1.6 million children.
- The report involved consultations with nearly 130 children and highlights harsh conditions, including lack of heating, food insecurity, and living in cramped, unsafe housing, especially in northern England.
- Removing the two-child limit could lift 500,000 children out of poverty but would cost the government around £3.4 billion annually, while ministers say spending decisions have become harder after welfare reforms were rolled back.
- The government announced a £1 billion package for crisis support and plans an ambitious child poverty strategy later in 2025, yet advocates urge scrapping the two-child cap as a crucial step to reduce persistent child poverty.
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Children in England living in ‘Dickensian levels of poverty’ amid calls to scrap two-child benefit cap
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·London, United Kingdom
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