Overview

• Prime Minister Keir Starmer acknowledges the complexity of child poverty and the need for a multifaceted strategy.
• Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson suggests the cap's removal as part of a broader review on child poverty.
• Labour backbenchers and opposition parties push for immediate action to abolish the cap.
• The cap, introduced by the Conservatives in 2017, affects 1.6 million children.
• Economic constraints and the high cost of scrapping the cap remain significant hurdles.