Getting the child poverty strategy we need: A co-produced agenda for change

Any credible child poverty strategy must act directly to put more money into parents’ pockets. This starts with the removal of the two-child limit and benefit cap, alongside restoring benefit rates for children in real-terms to before the benefit freeze. 

Beyond this, the system should better recognise the challenges lone parents face, for example by allowing them access the higher standard allowance currently reserved for couples. 

Together the changes outlined across this briefing could lift a million children out of poverty by the end of the decade. Without them, we will only see child poverty rise.

This report is a collaboration between Changing Realities and IPPR, with support from CPAG. We have developed a roadmap for change that will make a real and lasting difference to families and children across the UK.