The Independent highlights the urgent need for journalists to report on crucial socio-economic issues like the two-child benefit cap, which charities warn aggravates child poverty. The cap, enacted in 2017, limits benefits for third or subsequent children, potentially leading to record-high poverty levels. As the government formulates its child poverty strategy, pressure is mounting from organizations such as Barnardo's and Save the Children UK to eliminate this restriction. Although Sir Keir Starmer supports scrapping the cap, he acknowledges the government's financial constraints, illustrating the complex interplay between policy and economic realities.
Scrapping the two-child benefit cap is the most cost-effective way to reduce child poverty, charities have argued in a letter to the prime minister.
Failing to scrap the limit could put child poverty at its highest level since records began by the end of this parliament, groups including Barnardo's, Save the Children UK and Citizens Advice have warned.
Sir Keir Starmer has previously said he wants to scrap the cap but that the government cannot currently afford to.
Charities have been ramping up pressure on the government to ditch the two-child restriction as part of its new child poverty plan.
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