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Huffington Post // Politics

Kids Are Going Hungry In Mouldy Homes – This Can't Be The Legacy Keir Starmer Wants

Thursday 10th July 2025, 1:17PM


Right now in the UK, a record 4.5 million children live in poverty. This is expected to rise to 4.8 million by the end of this parliament.This sky-rocketing figure is driven largely by a policy known as the two-child limit to Universal Credit, which denies children with two or more older siblings additional government support.Almost 40,000 more children are affected by the policy than last year, according to new Department for Work and Pensions figures, meaning around 1.7 million children are impacted in total. At Save the Children, we hear from children going to school hungry, not being able to afford clothes or shoes that fit them, how they miss out on spending time with friends because they can’t afford the bus.Weekend activities are scarce, and school trips off the table. Children are growing up in

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