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One of Labour’s rising stars has said the party will have failed in government if it does not reduce inequality, even as the prime minister faces a bitter internal battle over a key poverty-reduction measure. Above: Torsten Bell – ‘What matters is actually reducing child poverty – not parliamentary game-playing.’