A new long-awaited child poverty strategy is promising to lift half a million children out of poverty by the end of this parliament - but critics have branded it unambitious.

The headline announcement in the government's plan is the pledge to lift the two-child benefit cap, announced in Rachel Reeves's budget last week.

It also includes:

• Providing upfront childcare support for parents on universal credit returning to work

• An £8m fund to end the placement of families in bed and breakfasts beyond a six-week limit

• Reforms to cut the cost of baby formula

• A new legal duty on councils to notify schools, health visitors, and GPs when a child is placed in temporary accommodation

Many of the measures have previously been announced.

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