Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 73985

Poverty: Children

Tabled: 1 September 2025
Answered: 17 September 2025

Question

Kim Johnson

LabourLiverpool Riverside

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the remit of the child poverty taskforce includes examining the potential impact of the two-child benefit cap.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
This government is committed to tackling child poverty and the Child Poverty Taskforce is developing an ambitious Child Poverty Strategy which we will publish in the autumn. We are considering all available levers, including considering social security re...

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