Children in England living in almost Dickensian levels of poverty
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UK: Commissioner Calls for End to Two-Child Benefit Cap Amid 'Almost-Dickensian' Child Poverty
Above: View of a street in Grimsby, England, in October 2016. Image copyright: Geograph Britain and Ireland/Wikimedia Commons
The Spin
Left narrative
The U.K.'s child poverty crisis is a national disgrace. While children sleep without beds and go hungry, the public is told the government can't afford compassion. A lie designed to protect the wealthy while punishing the vulnerable, the two-child benefits cap is political cowardice dressed up as an economic necessity. Welfare, not warfare, must be the priority of the U.K. government.
Right narrative
Child poverty must be addressed, but not on the backs of taxpayers who budget and make sensible familial decisions based on what they can afford. There is no money for increasing spending, plain and simple, and Labour is finding out that governing is much different from ideological and moral posturing. Labour has made poor policy choices, and must now face the consequences of its actions.