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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Pippa Crerar Political editor

No 10 delays child poverty strategy with tens of thousands more facing hardship

Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer (left) and Rachel Reeves. The decision to push back the strategy comes amid Treasury cost concerns. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/Reuters

Labour’s flagship child poverty strategy has been delayed until at least the autumn, the Guardian has learned, even though tens of thousands more children will fall into poverty as a result.

The decision to push back the strategy comes amid Treasury concerns about the cost implications of ending the two-child limit on universal credit and questions inside No 10 over the political benefits of scrapping it.

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