Government ministers are indicating that the two-child benefit cap will not be scrapped, despite warnings from charities about escalating child poverty. Charities believe that lifting the cap would be a cost-effective solution to combat poverty, fearing an increase in impoverished children from 4.5 million to 4.8 million by 2029 without action. Meanwhile, the government is set to announce a child poverty strategy and has implemented free breakfast clubs in primary schools, aiming to reduce poverty and improve educational outcomes.
Ministers are privately ruling out scrapping the two-child benefit cap despite warnings from charities that a failure to do so could result in the highest levels of child poverty since records began.
If they still think we're going to scrap the cap then they're listening to the wrong people. We're simply not going to find a way to do that.
The Child Poverty Action Group estimated the number of children in poverty would increase from 4.5 million to 4.8 million by 2029 unless urgent action is taken.
The government is launching its policy of introducing free breakfast clubs into all primary schools in England as part of an initiative to reduce child poverty.
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