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The government has launched a child poverty taskforce following criticism that the removal of the two-child benefit cap was not included in the King's Speech.



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Starmer sets up taskforce for 4m UK children in poverty

A child poverty taskforce has been announced with a pledge to leave "no stone unturned" in tackling the issue.

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Labour MP John McDonnell urged Sir Keir Starmer to scrap the two-child benefit cap and “lift 300,000 children out of poverty”. Addressing the Commons on Wednesday (17 July), the Hayes and Harlington MP said: “I was in this House when the Tories introduced it, it was introduced as part of the stigmatising of all those on benefits.  “I did a speech, I actually think I said I’d swim through vomit to vote against this piece of legislation, and some …

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Labour MP tells Keir Starmer he’d swim through vomit to scrap two-child benefit cap

John McDonnell, the former Labour Shadow Chancellor, has urged Keir Starmer to reconsider the party's position on the two-child benefit cap.

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Labour civil war erupts as Keir Starmer slammed by MP over two-child benefit cap

PM says Government are prioritising an ‘ambitious’ child poverty plan as pressure mounts within party to scrap two-child limit

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Starmer announces child poverty taskforce amid pressure to scrap benefit cap

Ministers charged with tackling child poverty have already faced calls to scrap the two-child benefit limit before their new taskforce has even met for the first time.

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Shropshire

New child poverty taskforce already facing calls to scrap two-child benefit cap

Both the SNP and the Greens at Westminster are calling for the policy, introduced by the Conservatives in 2017, to be abolished.

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SNP calls on Sir Keir Starmer to ‘see sense’ and scrap two-child benefit cap

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Sir Keir Starmer criticised for keeping child benefit cap - new poverty taskforce launched

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SNP calls on Keir Starmer to ‘see sense’ and scrap two-child benefit cap

THE SNP have said there is “still time for Keir Starmer to see sense” and axe the two-child benefit cap ahead of the King’s Speech ...

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'Still time for Keir Starmer to see sense' and scrap two-child cap, say SNP

Keir Starmer has tried to stave off a revolt on the two-child benefit cap by announcing a child poverty taskforce. The Prime Minister told the Commons that the taskforce would ‘devise a strategy to drive the numbers down’, and that it would not just focus on one policy area. He was responding to an intervention

Sir Keir Starmer criticised for keeping child benefit cap - new poverty taskforce launched

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