Labour must choose differently on child poverty

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Labour must choose differently on child poverty

The Labour Party's Conference Arrangements Committee

In a country as wealthy as the UK, allowing child poverty to deepen is a political choice. Labour must choose differently.

That’s why two of Mainstream’s founding organisations, Compass and Open Labour, have been campaigning with Momentum to send a contemporary motion to the 2025 Labour Party Conference calling for an end to the two-child benefit limit. This was not substantially addressed by Labour's National Policy Forum.

However, CLPs and affiliates have informed Mainstream that the Conference Arrangements Committee have communicated that the motion will not be debated on tenuous procedural grounds.

We cannot afford for child poverty to worsen. Nor can the Labour Party afford to stifle debate about its vision and values.

Sign the petition below calling on the Conference Arrangements Committee to allow delegates a chance to debate Labour's policy on child poverty.

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To: The Labour Party's Conference Arrangements Committee
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By taxing the gambling industry and reinstating the levy on the profits of commercial banks, we can afford to end the Tories’ two-child benefit limit. But we cannot afford for child poverty to worsen.

Nor can the Labour Party afford to stifle debate about its vision and values. As Labour’s popularity plummets in the polls and Reform’s rises, we must have an open conversation about our party’s offer to the country.

84% of Labour Party members back the ending of the two-child benefit limit. Their voices must be heard if we are to unite around a platform that can transform the country and take on authoritarian populism.

This has to include bold action on child poverty driven by a commitment to social justice. Over 4.5 million children in the UK are living in poverty and this figure is set to rise. Labour must take action now and end the two-child benefit limit.

We the undersigned call on the Conference Arrangements Committee to allow motions calling for an end to the two-child benefit to go forward to the Priorities Ballot.