Government delays flagship child poverty plan until the autumn

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Ministers delay flagship child poverty plan until the autumn

The child poverty strategy, originally due to be published this spring, was expected to include a recommendation to scrap the two-child benefit cap.

Government delays publication of child poverty strategy

The taskforce, which is working on the strategy, has been considering scrapping the two-child benefit cap.

The UK has shown the way in tackling the challenge of child poverty

Across the world, public services are in crisis. Health and social services struggle with  increasingly complex and costly demands while taxpayers strain to keep pace. Governments urgently need to find new ways to tackle these accelerating challenges, and a key opportunity lies in harnessing the shift among asset owners and investors now seeking positive social impact with their capital. Child poverty remains one of our greatest social challenge…