Child Poverty appears here as a parliamentary thread from the Commons Chamber on 29 Jun 2026, with 3 speakers contributing 6 speeches.

#Child Poverty, #Child Poverty Strategy, #Two Child Limit, #Free School Meals, #Crisis and Resilience Fund, #Gambling Tax Reform, #Deprivation, #Local Government

Child Poverty appears here as a parliamentary thread from the Commons Chamber on 24 Jun 2026, with 3 speakers contributing 7 speeches.

#Child Poverty, #Department for Education, #Two Child Limit, #Free School Meals, #Childcare, #Breakfast Clubs, #Family Hubs, #Attainment Gap, #Children's Literacy, #Libraries

The Lords welcomed plans to scrap the two-child benefit limit and expand free school meals, but questioned whether the strategy can cut poverty enough without firmer targets and action on the benefit cap, housing costs and low pay; ministers said it should lift 550,000 children out of poverty and promised a summer baseline report to track progress.