Watch ITV News at Ten in Full as former Prime Minister Gordon Brown calls for Labour to scrap the two-child benefit cap.
"You cannot have a situation where under a Labour government, child poverty numbers just go up and up, and up," he said in an exclusive interview with ITV News. The former political heavyweight has called on Chancellor Rachel Reeves to end the controversial policy that is estimated to affect 1.5 million children across the country.
Rachel Reeves has been warned she will have to find more than £42 billion because of low growth, high borrowing, and U-turns on welfare cuts, ITV News Business Editor Joel Hills reports.
And according to the Hamas-run civil defence agency, at least 20 people were killed beneath the wheels of food lorries when at least one overturned. Senior International Correspondent John Irvine reports and a warning of distressing content.
• Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2lOHmNj
• Get breaking news and more stories at http://www.itv.com/news
Follow ITV News on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@itvnews?lang=en
Follow ITV News on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itvnews/
Follow ITV News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/itvnews/
Follow ITV News on X: https://twitter.com/itvnews
