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Government delays child poverty strategy
The two-child benefit cap has been a raw nerve for the Labour party since long before they came to power.
It's become increasingly exposed amid internal party divisions over the government's forthcoming welfare reforms, which are expected to push another 250,000 people into poverty, including 50,000 children. Lifting the cap could raise up to 350,000 children out of poverty, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
A left-wing rebellion over the issue just weeks after the general election saw seven of the party's MPs lose the whip. But in a bid to show he was still committed to tackling the problem - while also kicking the ball down the road - Keir Starmer set up a child poverty taskforce, which promised to look at policies to tackle the "root causes" of the issue.
That taskforce was due to report in the "spring" - which should be any day now. But now, as first reported by the Guardian, the Department of Work and Pensions has confirmed it has decided to push back publication until later in the year, to ensure its "ambitious child poverty strategy" can deliver "fully funded measures".
I understand that means the announcements will be made as part of the autumn statement - and it looks like the prime minister is now backing a change on the cap. Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan told Sky News on Friday that the policy was an issue "lots of people brought up.
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