Andy Burnham plays down speculation about Labour leadership bid
Andy Burnham played down speculation he was preparing for a leadership bid, instead telling a Labour conference fringe…
Child Poverty
Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomes Trump peace plan for Gaza
Keir Starmer has expressed strong support for U.S. President Donald Trump’s newly announced peace plan aimed at ending…
‘How school meals could start to unite a fractured society and combat the far-right’
SPONSORED I was a teacher, and when I used to teach early years I used to line…
‘Bringing emotion and reality to the debate on child poverty.’: one conference attendee’s experience
Travelling to Labour conference as a ‘parent voice’ for a Child Poverty Action Group fringe event is a…
Ending child poverty would be an act of national renewal
When I was growing up in the vicarage on one of Europe’s largest housing estates, one of the…
‘The Spending Review didn’t go far enough to deal with child poverty’
This week’s Spending Review simply didn’t go far enough to deal with child poverty. Especially in constituencies like…
Budget 2024: The tax rises and spending plans to expect as PM revises bus fare cap and reveals back-to-work package
Labour’s first Budget since returning to power is fast approaching, with many of the policies Chancellor Rachel Reeves…
‘Beyond the two-child benefit cap, what should Labour’s long-term strategy against poverty look like?’
This article was originally published on the University of Sheffield SPERI Blog. There’s a very good case for removing the two-child…
MPs to vote on amendment to King’s Speech calling for two-child cap be axed
MPs will vote on an amendment to the King’s Speech calling for the two-child benefit cap to be…
Starmer pledges ‘raw honesty’ and does not commit to reverse two-child cap
Keir Starmer has pledged to approach the problems facing the country with a “raw honesty”, saying his government…
