The two-child limit is scrapped
The full Coalition came together to campaign for over 5 years for the two-child limit to be scrapped. We produced data to highlight the impact of this policy on families, we organised stunts and encouraged all members to clearly call for the policy to be scrapped for all families.
Watch this video to see just a small amount of the public facing work undertaken by the Coalition and our members.
In April 2026 the two-child limit was officially scrapped. Here are some images from stunts we organised to highlight why this cruel policy had to go.
Government takes over publication of local child poverty data
For many years Loughborough University and the Coalition published data on local levels of child poverty. This provided an ‘after housing costs’ relative poverty figure for the numb
er of children in each constituency and local authority. You can read more about this here.
This data was regularly used by decision makers, including MPs who mentioned constituency level figures in parliament. Local authorities would also use the data to help inform their plans to address poverty locally.
However, the government recognised that there was a real need to provide this information, and that this should be produced via the government themselves.
From March 2026 the government have committed to providing local child poverty data when releasing the annual child poverty statistics.
Money Matters Campaign
In 2015 the coalition successfully mobilised the supporters of our member organisations to deliver a House of Lords amendment to keep a legally binding requirement on government to measure the number of children in poverty, as an essential tool for monitoring the impact of government policies. Our membership felt strongly that without this, children in poverty and the impact of policies on them, would essentially be rendered invisible to policy makers.
End Child Poverty members have played a crucial role in securing these amendments.
- Nearly 2600 emails were sent to Peers from End Child Poverty campaigners, asking them to support the Bishop of Durham’s amendment to the Bill.
- The follow up MP email action engaged with 2350 supporters across 609 constituencies.
- End Child Poverty secured widespread media coverage throughout the campaign – including in the Observer, the Independent, the Mirror and the Guardian.
Rent to Own: Paying a High Price
In November 2018, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced its intention to introduce a cap on the cost of rent to own goods. Member organisations had reported a growing concern among families they worked with of unmanageable debt accrued through high cost loans. Member, StepChange, exposed the experiences of their clients – low income families – forced to accept high cost credit for the most basic household items such as a washing machine or fridge and the cost of servicing the debt, at the expense of buying food, heating or clothing. This led us to call for a cap in November 2017 and our subsequent lobbying and Parliamentary work as a coalition, including action by individuals to their MPs, increased the pressure on the FCA to reverse its opposition to a cap.
