The Prime Minister said the statistics on child poverty were ‘shocking’ and came with an ‘individual human cost’ Justin Tallis/PA
Sir Keir Starmer has set out moral and economic arguments for lifting children out of poverty as the Government launched its strategy on the issue, largely driven by the £3 billion decision to scrap the two-child benefit cap.
The plan – long-awaited by campaigners – comes with around 4.5 million children living in poverty in the UK.
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