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Govt today launches ministerial taskforce to start child poverty strategy - led by Work & Pensions Sec and Education Sec and incl child poverty unit in Cabinet Office No specifics in announcement but timing interesting given MPs poised to ramp up pressure over child benefit cap

‘Unrelenting’ social care funding plan must be Reeves’ priority, councils warn 🔴 Chloe Chaplain and Jane Merrick report trib.al/eWpTLEm

Watchdog warns MPs on language after row over Farage Southport comments Reform leader's remarks prompted criticism from other politicians after he questioned 'whether the truth is being withheld from us' 🔴 Chloe Chaplain reports trib.al/UATTKXG

EXC - Thousands of brand new affordable homes earmarked for homeless families are just sitting empty and unused because housing associations can no longer afford them 😶 by Keith Cooper The i paper inews.co.uk/news/thousands…

Tories did more to clean up rivers than people think, ex-minister claims Former MP Rebecca Pow said Tories should have highlighted their environmental successes more in the election 🔴 Chloe Chaplain reports trib.al/xSzAsUt

Role of foreign actors in spreading of online misinformation is being looked into by National Crime Agency and DSIT, No10 says Latest The i paper inews.co.uk/news/sunderlan…

EXC 🇬🇧🇨🇳Starmer accused of going soft on China after delaying new security law inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

Millions of workers may not get ‘right to switch off’ – but No10 can’t say who Chloe Chaplain and Richard Vaughan trib.al/GOY4bQN

EXCLUSIVE More pressure on govt over Winter Fuel Payments as Tories submit Early Day Motion which, if passed, would force a Commons debate on its decision to restrict the benefit - would give Labour MPs chance to air concerns inews.co.uk/news/politics/…