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UK PM Starmer promises measures to reduce child poverty
- Ahead of the November 26 Budget, Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised a 'number of measures' to reduce child poverty, which currently stands at 4.5million, and vowed to drive it down.
- The two-child benefit limit restricts child tax credit and Universal Credit to the first two children, and campaigners say 109 children are pulled into poverty daily by the policy.
- Some measures are already in place, including free school meals, breakfast clubs and free childcare, while the Treasury considered a three-child limit or taper rate.
- Scrapping the limit could carry a 3 billion price tag, with estimates from the Resolution Foundation and others, and Reeves signalled tax rises may cover a 50 billion fiscal gap.
- Starmer invoked the last Labour government's success in reducing child poverty as justification for action, while Gordon Brown said he was `confident` changes would be made to the cap and Rachel Reeves argued a child should not be `penalised` for being in a bigger family.
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UK PM Starmer promises measures to reduce child poverty
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said measures would soon be announced to reduce child poverty, possibly hinting that the government will scrap a two-child limit on welfare payments to parents in its November 26 budget.
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Sir Keir Starmer hints at scrapping two-child benefit cap to tackle child poverty - Nottinghamshire Live
The two-child benefit cap could be scrapped as the Government is set to implement 'a number of measures' to 'drive child poverty down', Sir Keir Starmer has suggested
·Nottingham, United Kingdom
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