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The Latest Breaking News from Poverty

Rachel Reeves doubles down on refusal to scrap two-child benefit cap

Scrapping the policy would lift an estimated 300,000 children out of poverty

The Independent UK

Aristopopulists like JD Vance can offer only empty promises to the working class

Trump’s running mate was raised in poverty but he is typical of a new wave of elite politicians

The Guardian - UK

Gordon Brown launches London’s first ‘multibank’ amid UK child poverty fears

Ex-PM is opening the capital’s first facility based on Fife model, supplying basic necessities against backdrop of concerns for child wellbeing over the summer holidays

The Guardian - UK

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Labour makes working-class children key to schools reform

Minister pledges more sports and drama in curriculum review as row deepens over two-child benefit cap

The Guardian - UK

Poverty rates in Latino-heavy communities grew more than the U.S. average: study

A high cost of living and lack of access to health care are some of the driving factors for increased poverty rates among Latino community, the study says

Latin Times

Stephen Flynn urges Keir Starmer to hold four-nation summit on tackling child poverty

STEPHEN Flynn has written to Keir Starmer to call for a four-nation summit on tackling child poverty this summer.

The National (Scotland)

Cyril Ramaphosa’s speech to parliament listed South Africa’s old problems – but no new solutions

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s opening of parliament speech successfully captured the spirit of a diverse and cohesive multi-party government ready to get down to work. But it failed to tell South Africans how the new dispensation will do things differently, and better.

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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

Labour minister blames 'economic circumstances' for failure to scrap two-child cap

A LABOUR minister has blamed economic circumstances for the UK Government's refusal to abolish the two-child benefit cap.

The National (Scotland)

I research poverty in the UK – the two-child benefit limit is causing real and lasting harm

The first king’s speech of the new Labour government set out a wide-ranging legislative programme. There was lots to welcome, such as a new deal for workers and a child wellbeing bill. But there were also some very notable absences.

The Conversation

SNP gain cross-party support in bid to axe Labour's two-child benefit cap

THE SNP have gained cross-party support in their bid to heap pressure on Labour by forcing a vote on the two-child benefit cap.

The National (Scotland)

‘It’s put so many families in poverty’: people on the impact of the two-child benefit cap

As Labour backbenchers call for Keir Starmer to scrap the cap, families reveal their struggles as a result of the two-child limit

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

With this king’s speech, Starmer has staked everything on the long game. But politics has a habit of moving fast

The NHS, child poverty, defence: Labour is selling itself on its ability to get some big things done, says Guardian associate editor Martin Kettle

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The Independent UK

The homeless families refused housing help by under-pressure councils

Special report: Homeless families talk to Holly Bancroft about fighting landlords and councils for a place to live as new legislation tackling housing issues and child poverty is announced by the Labour government

The National (Scotland)

Experts dismiss Labour's claim that two-child cap harms are 'open to debate'

EXPERTS have dismissed a Labour Cabinet Secretary’s claim that it is “open to debate” whether the two-child cap on benefits causes harm ...

Louder

“I'm very, very, very, very competitive... and I've got unfinished business.” Travis' Fran Healy talks poverty, celebrity, car-jacking, insecurity, Radiohead, Coldplay, and why it's no sin to want to teach the world to sing

Travis frontman Fran Healy on growing up poor, finding fame, superstar friends and the perils of living in Los Angeles

The National (Scotland)

'Still time for Keir Starmer to see sense' and scrap two-child cap, say SNP

THE SNP have said there is “still time for Keir Starmer to see sense” and axe the two-child benefit cap ahead of the King’s Speech ...

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The Independent UK

What ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ can tell us about JD Vance and his right-wing beliefs

America’s potential future vice president topped bestseller lists with his 2016 memoir, a tale of multi-generational, cyclical poverty in Appalachia. Nick Hilton looks back on what the politician argued in the book, from his criticisms of welfare to his belief that the working classes ‘spend our way into the poorhouse’

The Independent UK

Hillbilly Elegy: The contentious film based on the life of Trump’s running mate JD Vance is on Netflix now

Movie divided critics and viewers with its portrayal of poverty

The National (Scotland)

Labour will not change two-child cap with King's Speech, Angela Rayner says

LABOUR will not remove the two-child benefit cap in the King’s Speech, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has said ...

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer government digs in as it faces Labour revolt over two-child benefit limit

Labour MP Kim Johnson is ready to table an amendment to the King’s Speech to ditch the restriction

The Independent UK

Baltimore officials sue to block 'baby bonus' initiative that would give new parents $1,000

Baltimore’s mayor and city council are trying to stop a proposed ballot measure that would give all new parents a $1,000 “baby bonus” meant to help reduce childhood poverty from birth

Capital & Main

California Learned During the Pandemic How to Rapidly Cut Poverty, But It Was a Temporary Fix

With the end of direct cash payments, poverty levels are moving up.

GoodToKnow

Parents share the devastating impact of two-child benefit cap, as 1.6m children now affected

Campaigners urge the new government to scrap the controversial policy

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