"There are around 4.5 million children in the UK living in poverty currently. Share Poverty charities have reacted positively to the plan, which was originally intended for spring but then delayed as the government wrestled with the fiscal and political repercussions of removing the two-child limit. The abolition of that cap will cost the government 3bn but lift 450,000 children out of poverty."
"The government has put its money where its mouth is on the manifesto commitment to reducing child poverty, said Katie Schmuecker of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, saying that the removal of the two-child limit was the single most effective policy decision ministers could have made in tackling child poverty. Under the limit, introduced by the Conservative government in 2017, 1.7 million children lived in households affected by the restriction menaing one in nine kids missed out on help worth 3,514 a year."
"Too many families are still struggling without the basics a secure home, warm meals, and the support they need to make ends meet, Starmer said in the statement announcing the full plan. I will not stand by and watch that happen, because the cost of doing nothing is too high for children, for families, and for Britain. This is a moral mission for me. It's about fairness, opportunity, and unlocking potential."
Around 4.5 million children in the UK currently live in poverty. The government will abolish the two-child limit, a measure costing £3bn and projected to lift 450,000 children out of poverty, with a suite of other measures expected to help 80,000 more. The two-child limit introduced in 2017 affected 1.7 million children who missed out on support worth £3,514 a year. Charities welcomed the move but warned that close to four million children could still be living in poverty by 2029. The plan is framed as a moral mission focused on fairness, opportunity, and unlocking potential.
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