A new child poverty unit will be set up in the Cabinet Office and will report to the education secretary Bridget Phillipson and the work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall, who are leading the taskforce.
The new unit was announced this afternoon, following the King's Speech for the State Opening of Parliament.
Number 10 said that it would bring together experts from across government and external experts to ‘explore how we can use all the available levers we have across government to create an ambitious strategy.’
The government has been under pressure to reverse the two-child benefit cap, which many charities and experts see as a clear way to cut child poverty.
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