Response to announcement on child poverty taskforce

Responding to the government’s announcement of a child poverty taskforce, Chief Executive of Child Poverty Action Group, Alison Garnham said: 

'The taskforce is a welcome first step towards fulfilling the government’s pledge to bring in an ambitious child poverty strategy. But with a record number of kids in poverty now, scrapping the two-child limit on benefits has to happen in the government’s first Budget. The two-child limit is driving up child poverty more than any other policy, children need it to be removed as a priority.' 

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