Prime Minister Keir Starmer writes for The Mirror as he launches the government's child poverty strategy first promised in the summer after Labour's election landslide

Every child in Britain should have a fair start in life. It’s a fundamental British value. Kids should go as far as their talent takes them, rather than be held back by background or circumstances.

We say it to our own children, don’t we? “Work hard and you can achieve anything”. But when too many of our children grow up in poverty, those words don’t always ring true. That’s why I am proud that our child poverty strategy will lift over half a million kids out of poverty. This is Labour’s ultimate cause – our moral mission. We tackled it under the last Labour Government. And my Government will do the same.

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