Rachel Reeves was placed on the spot on Good Morning Britain about "Sir Kid Starver" trending on Twitter within the row over the two-child profit cap.

Sir Keir Starmer has sparked disquiet inside his celebration after confirming a Labour authorities would maintain the Tory measure in place.

The revelation, which he blamed on the dire financial state of affairs, has prompted "Sir Kid Starver" to pattern on Twitter.

The Shadow Chancellor was requested concerning the hashtag throughout an look on ITV's GMB this morning.

Host Martin Lewis stated: "You talk about fiscal responsibility which is absolutely true but ultimately you could say that to any policy.

"This is a coverage selection that you're making to not do away with the profit cap for greater than two kids.

"On Twitter the hashtag 'Sir Kid Starver' was trending and that was originally come up with by a left-wing commentator.

"How does that make you are feeling within the Labour Party? Are you making the best coverage selection not to do that?"

Ms Reeves replied: "Well the final Labour authorities lifted a whole lot of hundreds of youngsters out of poverty.

"Keir Starmer has set out our opportunity mission and at the heart of that was reducing child poverty.

"But we have to develop the financial system and that brings within the income.

"That's what the last Labour government did. The economy grew, we had the money for public services and living standards improved.

"That is my precedence, guaranteeing we develop the financial system. But that needs to be constructed on a rock of financial and financial stability."

The policy, introduced by Conservative former chancellor George Osborne during his austerity drive, prevents parents claiming Universal Credit for any third or subsequent child.

It has been criticised by campaigners for pushing families into poverty.

Sir Keir said he would axe the cap during his campaign to be Labour leader in 2020 but on Sunday confirmed it would not be ditched.

During a conversation with Sir Tony Blair at the Future of Britain conference yesterday, the Labour leader appeared to defend his stance on maintaining the measure.

He said the economic situation a future Labour government would be faced with if it wins power would mean it would have to be stringent on spending pledges.

Asked what he would say to those wanting more spending commitments, he said: "My first response is we maintain saying collectively as a celebration that we have now to make robust selections.

"And in the abstract, everyone says, 'That's right Keir'.

"But then we get into the robust choice, we have been in a kind of for the previous few days, and so they say, 'We don't love that, can we simply not make that one, I'm positive there's one other robust choice some place else we are able to make'. But we have now to take the robust selections."