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Prime Minister Keir Starmer has made a personal pledge to bring down child poverty but has not yet pledged to lift the 'cruel' two child benefit cap imposed on families.

The number of children falling into poverty in the city and West Midlands is continuing to grow amid a cost of living crisis that has seen wages fail to keep up with soaring food costs.

But a recognised key lever - the two child benefit cap - remains in place, to the fury of anti poverty campaigners.

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PM Starmer spoke to BirminghamLive this morning to discuss initiatives already under way to address child hunger and poverty across the country.

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