The Observer view on child poverty: Labour must tackle this scourge as soon as possible | Observer editorial

Growing up in a poor household is one of the biggest barriers to opportunity, yet it affects millions of children• Gordon Brown on the UK’s child poverty scandal
• Torsten Bell: We can easily end child poverty
• Archbishop urges Starmer to ditch ‘cruel’ benefit capAlmost one in three British children now live in relative poverty. Former prime minister Gordon Brown last week referred to this generation as “austerity’s children”: children who have