The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is in the news for pushing to end child benefit caps and fight UK poverty—funded by the Quaker chocolate heir, Joseph Rowntree.
The UK Parliament is set to vote on removing the two-child benefit cap, a policy linked to rising child poverty. Experts estimate this change will reduce child poverty by 550,000 by 2030, but warn further measures are needed to sustain progress amid deepening poverty levels.