There have been penalties for those who looked the other way when Epstein was convicted of child sex offences and decided to maintain relationships with the financier — but not for the British ambassador to Washington, reveals SOLOMON HUGHES
A golden opportunity to lift thousands of kids out of poverty
The Labour government must rescind the two-child benefit cap or risk irreparable damage to its legacy, writes TOMMY KANE
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THIS coming Wednesday Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Prime Minister Keir Starmer have the chance to lift over half a million British children out of poverty by scrapping the two-child limit.
If this Labour government really wants to deliver change, then urgently addressing child poverty must surely be a priority.
No review is needed about whether scrapping the two-child limit will help rescue child poverty, and no more consultations are required for us to understand whether the lives of children currently mired in a daily grind of survival will be improved if Labour abolishes this “morally odious” policy.
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