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Forget income as the main child poverty measure, says Iain Duncan Smith, the work and pensions secretary.

Richard Blakeway, the deputy mayor for housing, said a ‘broad’ assessment by City Hall suggested that between 3,000 and 4,500 London council homes would be sold off each year through the policy.

Owen Jones predicted: “The long-term trajectory on inequality of income is set to get a lot worse.

‘We will work to eliminate child poverty”

The £23,000 benefit cap, to be announced by the chancellor in the emergency budget on July 8, which shows nearly 600 households in the borough would be affected, on top of of the 250 already affected by the current cap.

There are more poor children in London than in Scotland and Wales combined.

While today’s figures tell us there has not been a statistically significant decrease in child poverty levels, they also make it pretty clear that the government is significantly off track when it comes to fulfilling its commitment to end child poverty by 2020.

Mother-of-three "Ms A" lost her home in March 2014 when her housing benefit payment was cut and she could no longer afford the rent, The High Court heard.

According to the CIH, the government's decision to lower the benefit cap from £26,000 to £23,000 would make housing association properties unaffordable in the Midlands and parts of the North, as well as London and the South East.

Later this year the Equality and Human Rights Commission will publish the results of an investigation into maternity discrimination, which campaigners expect to show a sharp rise in bullying and harassment.