The two-child benefit cap was a scar on the country’s soul
By abolishing the cap, Rachel Reeves will lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty
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Britain is levelling down
Pockets of deprivation can be found in all corners of the country
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How the weather changed on the “cruel” two-child benefit cap
Labour’s manifesto promises on child poverty are catching up with Keir Starmer.
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A gambling levy could be a fiscal ace up the sleeve
Reforms could generate enough revenue to scrap the two-child limit and lift children out of poverty.
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The children denied a childhood
Families in poverty don’t just need basics – they need everyday joys.
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Dickens’s Britain is still with us
The two-child benefit cap would have punished Tiny Tim.
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Letter from Wigan
In the post-industrial north, a town searches for a sense of belonging.
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Gordon Brown: the moral economist
In a time of brutal inequality, can the former prime minister still imagine a better world?
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There must be all-party support for tackling the poverty crisis
The poor cannot wait; we need emergency action this winter.
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Growth alone isn’t enough to end poverty in the UK
Magically boosting annual GDP figures can’t be seen as an end in itself.
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Labour must expand free school meals
Ensuring more children have nutritious food would help the opposition deliver its missions in government.
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The Policy Ask with Anne Longfield: “Two-child benefits limit only deepens poverty and misery”
The former children’s commissioner for England on the impact of Covid-19 on young people’s mental health, and the need for…
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The Eton sixth form scheme misunderstands poverty
The problems in education are too deep-rooted to be solved by headline-grabbing innovations.
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Hunger in Britain is mainstream now
Gregg Wallace’s savage satire about the cost-saving benefits of human flesh consumption exposes a day-to-day reality.
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Exclusive: Hundreds faced jail over unpaid council tax since 2010
New data reveals how councils have been taking action against people in debt – many of whom can’t afford to…
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Why is Keir Starmer backing the two-child benefit cap?
The Labour leader is supporting a policy that he previously declared should be scrapped.
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Is universal basic income possible here?
In Jarrow, where jobless men once marched for work, a radical experiment in free money is unfolding.
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An “essentials guarantee” can end the need for food banks
Around 11.3 million people in the UK face hunger due to lack of money.
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The Policy Ask with Matt Downie: “Ending homelessness through a housing-first model is a transformative idea”
The CEO of Crisis on rogue landlords, the inhumanity of the “hostile environment” mantra and Finland’s housing-first policy.
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New guidelines on enforced prepayment meters fail to protect the most vulnerable
It’s disgusting that the government is allowing companies to continue this unscrupulous practice.
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