The Government has launched its strategy to tackle child poverty - as Sir Keir Starmer described it as a "huge barrier to potential" for young people.
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The plan - triggered by the decision to scrap the two child benefit cap - aims to lift around 550,000 children out of poverty by the end of the decade.
Campaigners welcomed the proposals but said the level of ambition was still "sadly missing".
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