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If the government is serious about tackling child poverty, it should extend free school meals

The government has created a new ministerial taskforce for its child poverty strategy, led by Work and Pensions secretary Liz Kendall and Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson. It is urgently needed: 4.3 million children in the UK are living in poverty.

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Car crash interview sees Labour minister squirm over arms sales to Israel

A LABOUR minister had been slammed over a “nightmare” interview in which she failed to commit to overturn Tory secrecy on arms exports to Israel…

The National (Scotland)

DWP told to focus on work, not welfare, by Labour Work and Pensions Secretary

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will be told it must become a “department for work”, rather than a “department for welfare”, by…

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Keir Starmer faces Commons vote on two-child benefit cap after amendment to King's Speech selected

Labour under pressure to scrap rule which limits welfare payments to first two children in most families

Evening Standard

Labour MP says ending two-child cap 'matter of political will' amid growing rebellion

A LABOUR MP has said that scrapping the two-child benefit is a “matter of political” amid a growing party rebellion against the policy ...

The National (Scotland)

Gordon Brown launches ‘multibank’ for London amid rising child poverty

Distributing items such as baby products as well as food, it will be overseen by the Felix Project

The Independent UK

Labour MP calls two-child benefit cap ‘heinous’ in latest call to scrap policy

Keir Starmer under pressure to scrap limit as more than dozen MPs thought to support king’s speech amendment

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Starmer will bin the two-child benefit cap and outdo New Labour on tackling poverty – I’ll bet on it

On the Aylesbury estate in London this week, I met residents who recall the impact Blair had. This government will go even further, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer aims to avoid backbench rebellion with child poverty taskforce

PM’s speech failed to specify measures to tackle issue, angering MPs calling to scrap the two-child benefit cap

The Guardian - UK

The Government’s confirmed key policy positions at a glance

Labour has hit the ground running after a landslide General Election victory provided scope for major changes.

The Independent UK

Pressure ramps up on Labour to ditch ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap as 1.6 million children impacted

Some 592,000 children were affected by the policy in 2019, and the figure has increased by 100,000 in the past year

The Independent UK

Who is in the new Labour cabinet?

With many MPs who served Blair and Brown, Starmer’s team is one of the most experienced in recent times

The Guardian - UK

Martin Lewis rebukes Tories for using him in video ad targeting Labour tax plans

The Money Saving Expert founder criticised a post by the Tories on social media

Evening Standard

Top Labour candidate 'loses temper' with Martin Lewis in heated GMB exchange

A LABOUR MP candidate has clashed with TV host Martin Lewis while live on a popular breakfast show over the council tax system ...

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Labour must go 'much further' in tackling child poverty, Liz Kendall admits

The Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary said Labour ‘cannot do everything overnight’ but has a ‘bold and ambitious’ plan to reduce child poverty

Evening Standard

Labour's Liz Kendall 'doesn't believe polls showing Tory wipeout'

Liz Kendall also dismissed Rishi Sunak’s claim that Labour is ‘entrenching’ its power by pledging to give 16-year-olds the vote

The Guardian - UK

Labour vows to investigate carer’s allowance scandal

Liz Kendall, shadow work and pensions secretary, tells pensioners in Essex repayment demands ‘unforgivable’

The Independent UK

Tories’ promises to raise tax threshold for pensioners a joke, Labour says

During a visit to Essex, shadow pensions secretary Liz Kendall claimed the Conservatives have worsened the quality of retirement.

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The Independent UK

Labour party manifesto: What will be Keir Starmer’s key policies for the general election?

A guide to all the manifesto promises we could expect to see from Labour before July 4

The Independent UK

‘I’ve dealt with that’: Keir Starmer dodges questions about Diane Abbott

Rishi Sunak said it was ‘clear’ Angela Rayner is in charge as allies deny the Labour leader was bounced into a decision

The Independent UK

Ex-military chief says Rishi Sunak’s national service plan is ‘bonkers’

Prime minister says plans would give young people ‘shared sense of purpose’

The Independent UK

What is National Service and how would it work as Rishi Sunak announces mandatory scheme

What exactly are the Tories proposing and could teenagers be arrested for refusing call-up?

The Guardian - UK

‘No return to austerity under a Labour government,’ says shadow chancellor – as it happened

Rachel Reeves says Labour plans for an immediate injection of cash into frontline public services if party gets into government

The Guardian - UK

What’s the point of Starmer’s Labour if it won’t stand up for poor, sick or disabled people?

The party should be a beacon of hope for people on benefits. Instead, with a 30-point poll lead, it’s parroting Tory soundbites, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on young people’s mental health: this decline must be reversed

Editorial: Warnings about benefits will not solve the interlinked problems of worklessness and worsening mental health

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