US EditionGovernment delays flagship child poverty plan until the autumn
- The UK government delayed its flagship child poverty strategy from spring to autumn 2025 to coincide with the autumn budget statement.
- The postponement stems from internal party divisions over welfare reforms, especially the debate on removing the two-child benefit cap.
- The policy limits most families from receiving certain financial support for any third or subsequent children born after April 2017, affecting around 1.5 million households and contributing to approximately 100 children falling into poverty each day.
- Removing the cap could help lift as many as 350,000 children out of poverty, though the estimated cost of this measure is approximately £2.5 billion, with the prime minister offering conditional support for the proposal.
- The delay intensifies debate within government and among charities, with some viewing it as cautious funding management and others as deferring urgent child poverty action.
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The Independent (US)Starmer delays tackling child poverty leaving tens of thousands on the brink
Labour prime minister facing calls to scrap the controversial two-child limit, brought in as part of former Conservative chancellor George Osborne’s ‘austerity’ policies
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