This strategy is a long-overdue acknowledgement that we cannot accept a Britain where children grow up hungry or held back by circumstance.
There is real progress here. At last, England begins to catch up with the ambition shown in the devolved nations, and - crucially - the voices of parents and children living in poverty are no longer treated as an afterthought.
But warm words must now be matched by urgent action. The Child Poverty Unit must remain at the heart of government, driving a whole-system approach. Ending the two-child limit is a major victory, but it cannot be the finish line. To confront deep poverty, the benefit cap must go. We also need clear, ambitious poverty-reduction targets, an explicit commitment to children’s rights, and attention to the disproportionate risk of poverty for migrant children.
Baroness Ruth Lister, Member of Mainstream's Interim Council
