The Guardian view on child poverty: the scrapping of the two-child benefit cap can’t come soon enough | Editorial

Extra services for poorer families are welcome, but real progress requires the raising of incomesBridget Phillipson, No 10’s preferred candidate for deputy leader, recently called the two-child benefit cap “spiteful”. Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, labelled it “abhorrent. Teaching unions wrote a letter last week condemning it as “cruel”. At last, it appears that the days of this malign Conservative policy are numbered, with rising expectations that the strict two-child rule will be relaxed in this autumn’s budget, when the delayed child poverty strategy is also due.The harms of rising child poverty stretch far beyond its immediate effects on children growing up in deprivation. Labour ministers know this. Improving the life chances of children from less privileged backgrounds has always been a core aim of social democratic politics. Growing up without enough food, space or opportunities, including education, causes lasting damage and holds back communities as well as individuals.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our letters section, please click here. Continue reading...

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