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Two-child cap is ‘cancelling Christmas for vulnerable children’, says SNP

The two-child benefit cap is effectively “cancelling Christmas for Scotland’s most vulnerable children”, the SNP has said. The party highlighted the impact of the cap in the run-up to Christmas, accusing the UK Government of a “dereliction of duty”. ...

22 Dec 2024 at 00:01

Two-child cap will affect 670,000 extra children in next five years, IFS warns

The number of children affected by the two-child benefit cap will rise by a third over the next five years, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned. The limit currently affects two million children, with more hit each year because it applies to ...

17 Jun 2024 at 15:00

Scottish Labour will abstain on budget vote, says Sarwar

Scotland

Anas Sarwar says Scottish Labour will abstain on budget vote

Scottish Labour will abstain on the budget vote, Anas Sarwar has said, meaning the Scottish Government should have the numbers needed to pass its tax and spending plans. The Scottish Labour leader said he would vote for the budget if the SNP ...

07 Jan 2025 at 10:33

Swinney taking ‘nothing for granted’ on Budget despite Labour plans to abstain

John Swinney has insisted he is not taking it for granted that his government’s Budget will be passed by Holyrood – although the First Minister said Labour’s announcement that it would not vote against it meant he is “more confident” the ...

08 Jan 2025 at 09:37

Scotland

Ending two-child benefits cap in Scotland ‘will cost nearly £200m by 2029’

The scrapping of the two-child benefit cap in Scotland will cost the Scottish Government nearly £200 million a year by the end of the decade, the Scottish Fiscal Commission (SFC) has said. The policy will cost £155 million in 2026-27 ...

07 Jan 2025 at 11:36

Reeves should be shown ‘solidarity’ over Budget decisions – McFadden

Pat McFadden has urged his Labour colleagues to show “solidarity” with the Chancellor as she considers her Budget decisions, including on the two-child benefit cap. The Work and Pensions Secretary said Rachel Reeves “shouldn’t do ...

28 Sept 2025 at 18:51

Former Labour leader Lord Kinnock calls for two-child benefit cap to be scrapped

Labour must scrap the two-child cap on benefits to lift children out of poverty, the party’s former leader Neil Kinnock has said. Rising levels of poverty “would make Charles Dickens furious”, Lord Kinnock said in an interview ...

16 Aug 2025 at 22:45

Faith leaders put pressure on Government over two-child benefit cap

Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have been urged to scrap the two-child benefit cap by senior faith leaders, including the Church of England’s current top bishop. Archbishop of York Stephen Cottrell said the failure to ...

31 Aug 2025 at 06:00

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson ‘ashamed’ of child poverty levels

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said she was “ashamed” of the levels of child poverty and hinted at benefits changes to help address the issue. Ms Phillipson said the Government was looking at “social security ...

31 Aug 2025 at 13:24

Bid to scrap two-child benefit cap supported by MPs

A bid by the SNP to scrap the two-child benefit cap has been supported in the Commons, including by seven Labour MPs. The SNP’s Kirsty Blackman forced a vote on the issue through a 10-minute rule motion in the ...

16 Sept 2025 at 17:07

Lucy Powell says Labour’s ‘unforced errors’ have cost the party support

Labour’s “mistakes” have given the impression that it is “not on the side of ordinary people”, a candidate for the party’s deputy leadership has said. In an interview with the BBC, former Commons leader Lucy ...

17 Sept 2025 at 13:41

Reeves urged to hike gambling taxes to fund axing two-child benefit cap

Rachel Reeves is under growing pressure to raise taxes on gambling firms to cover the cost of lifting the two-child benefit cap. More than 100 Labour MPs have signed a letter to the Chancellor as she ...

25 Sept 2025 at 14:03

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