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Kemi Badenoch: It is not going to increase child poverty. What increases child poverty is children's parents not having work or being…

On the recordSeptember 3, 2026
It is not going to increase child poverty. What increases child poverty is children's parents not having work or being paid low wages.
Said by
Kemi Badenoch
Conservative Party
Source
bbc.co.uk

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Badenoch defending the two-child benefit cap.

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