Data published on day after Labour announced cuts that campaigners say will hit children and disabled people hardestCampaigners have said it is “morally repugnant” that vulnerable people are bearing the brunt of...
Read MoreExclusive: Ministers considering options to bring down child poverty without removing rule entirelyUK politics live – latest updatesParents of under-fives could be exempted from the government’s two-child benefit...
Read MoreAs the education secretary announces the first primary schools to offer free breakfasts, Labour MPs question the commitment to fighting povertyThe government is trumpeting its policy of introducing free breakfast clubs into all...
Read MoreExclusive: Onward said cap has resulted in increased child poverty, adding to pressure on government to rethink its stanceA leading rightwing thinktank has called for an end to the two-child limit on benefits in a move that will...
Read MoreEngland research shows huge benefits with resulting savings for NHS and councilsCurbing child poverty by scrapping the two-child benefit cap would save hundreds of lives a year and avoid thousands of admissions to hospital, the...
Read MoreNorth-west and West Midlands worst hit, says thinktank, and in some areas half of children live below breadlineKeir Starmer has been warned that the two-child benefit cap has contributed to a widening gulf in regional poverty,...
Read MoreLimit on welfare support, introduced in 2013, leaves some with just £4 a day for each family memberLow-income families affected by the benefit cap are living on as little as £4 for each person a day, often in...
Read MoreKeir Starmer has suspended seven of his MPs who rebelled against the whip to scrap the two-child benefit cap. So why won’t Labour scrap the controversial limit, and what does this first test of Starmer’s leadership...
Read MoreConsumer expert writes to chancellor outlining four changes to help remedy financial injusticesRachel Reeves must overhaul the allowance that has resulted in thousands of unpaid carers being saddled with life-changing debt, and...
Read MoreOne backbench Labour MP calls policy ‘heinous’ as more than dozen thought to support king’s speech amendmentKeir Starmer has come under further pressure to scrap the two-child benefit limit after another of his...
Read MoreEnvironment secretary Steve Reed says Labour must ‘stabilise the economy after 14 years of Conservative chaos’On water bills, consumer council for Water chief executive Mike Keil has said:Millions of people will feel...
Read MoreEnvironment secretary Steve Reed says Labour must ‘stabilise the economy after 14 years of Conservative chaos’On water bills, consumer council for Water chief executive Mike Keil has said:Millions of people will feel...
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