[Opinion] Labour has already thrown an extra 30,000 children into poverty since July 2024

Labour has already thrown an extra 30,000 children into poverty since July 2024

The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has raised urgent concerns about the devastating effects of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) two-child limit policy. But crucially, the group has also shown that by not cancelling the policy, the Labour Party government has already thrown a further 30,000 children into poverty since it took power in July 2024 The two-child limit: a ruinous policy The two-child limit, which came into effect on April…

Child poverty soars as UK Labour government slashes welfare to fund armed forces

Sir Keir Starmer’s right-wing government—with just nine months in office—is now the only Labour government in history that has increased child poverty under its rule.

The Leader of the Opposition and Conservative Party in the UK, Kemi Badenoch, stated that the British Government should spend more money on its defence, i.e. on weapons, than on the welfare of British citizens. This even goes on to confirm what is happening in different countries where instead of money being invested in people, pensions, workers and businesses, they are choosing to invest it in their defence. In fact Sir Keir Starmer's British G…

Hungry to come to school or kindergarten – for many children in MV is everyday life. For how many exactly, there is no comprehensive and up-to-date overview in the federal state. Nor about how many are affected by poverty overall. However, it is estimated that every fifth child is. Although the profound and long-term consequences are known for them, there is so far no strategy to combat it. Many ideas fail in money. The article Child poverty is …