Dan Paskins, Executive Director of Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns at Save the Children UK, said:
“We welcome the announcement of a Child Poverty Taskforce today as a signal of intent towards improving the lives of 4.3 million children living in poverty. We look forward to the joint taskforce setting out clear targets to ensure every child has an equal chance to thrive. Save the Children is pleased to be working alongside the UK government on this.
“However, good intentions are not enough. Children growing up in poverty need action and no child poverty strategy will be credible unless the two-child limit is scrapped at the Autumn Budget. With 1.6 million children impacted by this cruel and unfair policy, the two-child-limit punishes children just for having siblings. Scrapping it could immediately lift half a million children out of poverty and would be the first major step to deliver on the aims of the Child Poverty Taskforce.”