Inside Middlesborough’s child poverty crisis

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Inside Middlesborough's child poverty crisis

Ahead of the budget next week, there are strong hints the chancellor will scrap the two-child benefit cap.

Sky’s Greg Milam has been to Middlesbrough, where in one ward six out of seven children are living in poverty, to see what impact the cap is having and how families are coping.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/inside-the-town-where-6-out-of-7-children-grow-up-in-poverty-and-live-in-fear-of-homelessness-13470171

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Date: November 17, 2025