Michael Marmot: Labour has reneged on its child poverty promises

04/03/26

Sir Michael Marmot: Labour has reneged on its child poverty promises Elisabeth Mahase for the BMJ

The BMJ Interview

Elisabeth Mahase interviews Professor Sir Michael Marmot for the BMJ.

Lifting the two child benefit cap is an important step but will still leave 4.15 million children in poverty, Sir Michael tells Elisabeth Mahase.

Professor Sir Michael Marmot, the UK’s leading expert on health equity, questions why the Labour government has gone back on its promise to make England a “Marmot” country and urges Prime Minister Keir Starmer to take bold action to tackle child poverty.

In an interview with The BMJ, Sir Michael says that Labour “ invited me with open arms when they were in opposition” but that, since getting into government, “ the arms have been a bit more folded.”

To read more, and to watch a short video of Sir Michael on the subject, follow this link (the full article is behind a paywall):

https://www.bmj.com/content/392/bmj.s356.short?rss=1