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Huffington Post // Politics

Labour Warned They Must Boost Benefits As 1 In 3 Children Suffer Due To 'Poverty Pandemic'

Wednesday 29th January 2025, 12:01AM


Two young girls pose for a photograph at a mural of Manchester United footballer and child poverty campaigner Marcus RashfordEconomic growth alone will not be enough to help the millions of children living in poverty, according to a damning report.The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) said the government must spend more on benefits - including lifting the two child benefit cap - if it is to make any progress on the issue by the next election.According to the latest official statistics, 14.35 million people in the UK were living in relative low income in the year to March 2023, with some 4.33 million of them - around 1 in 3 - being children. Keir Starmer has repeatedly said that boosting economic growth is the number one priority of his government.Cabinet ministers have even been told to ditch policies which will not help to grow the econo

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