The PM said the new Skills England organisation would transform the relationship between businesses and the education system
Downing Street has denied that the Government had changed its position on the two-child benefit cap after Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson suggested that scrapping it would be 'considered'. The Prime Minister's official spokesman told reporters: 'No. It's as the Chancellor said yesterday, it's as the PM I think addressed this morning as well, the Government has got a certain set of fiscal inheritance that it has to deal with.
Downing Street has denied that the Government had changed its position on the two-child benefit cap 'But that doesn't mean that we can't take action to tackle child poverty.' Asked whether Ms Phillipson had spoken out of turn, the official said: 'No.
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