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PM urged to scrap ‘truly catastrophic’ benefit cap

Child poverty campaigners have called on the new Prime Minister to scrap the “truly catastrophic” benefit cap. Households whose benefits are capped will be left on average £65 a week worse off from April than they would be without a cap in place, ...

16 Sept 2022 at 01:10

Both Starmer and Sarwar right over two-child benefit cap, says Murray

The stances adopted by the Labour Party’s leaders in the UK and Scotland on the two-child benefit cap are both right, a senior MP has said. Sir Keir Starmer would not pledge to drop the controversial measure – which has been criticised by ...

21 Jul 2023 at 10:31

Two-child benefit cap affects more than 80,000 children in Scotland, study shows

The two-child benefit cap has affected more than 80,000 children in Scotland in the last year, research commissioned by the SNP has found. Analysis by the House of Commons Library also determined that an additional 20,000 children in ...

19 Jul 2023 at 00:01

Scotland

Scottish Government to provide extra £8.6m to mitigate UK benefits cap

Families could be £2,500 better off as a result of the Scottish Government spending almost £9 million to help those impacted by Westminster’s benefit cap. The Child Poverty Action Group said the Scottish Government had “done the ...

20 Feb 2023 at 11:42

Scotland

£90m for housing payments will mitigate UK benefits cap – minister

More than £90 million is being allocated to help local authorities support households facing hardship in 2024-25. The funding is being supplied through the Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) scheme and can be made to ...

30 Mar 2024 at 00:01

Tories will keep two-child benefit limit, PM confirms

The Conservatives will keep the two-child benefit cap if they win the next election, the Prime Minister has said. Charities have called for the abolition of the cap, which restricts Universal Credit support to two ...

21 Apr 2024 at 11:26

Welby calls for end to ‘cruel’ two-child benefit cap in challenge to Labour

Labour will not commit to scrapping the two-child benefit cap despite the Archbishop of Canterbury condemning the “cruel” policy. The Most Reverend Justin Welby said the limit was “neither moral nor necessary” ...

19 May 2024 at 13:12

Archbishop of Canterbury calls for end to ‘cruel’ two-child benefit limit

The Archbishop of Canterbury has condemned the two-child benefit cap as “cruel” as he urged Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer to commit to scrapping it. The Most Reverend Justin Welby said the limit was ...

18 May 2024 at 20:05

Detail needed on Labour’s child poverty strategy, says campaigners

Labour has pledged an “ambitious strategy to reduce child poverty” but has faced criticism for not vowing to scrap a Conservative policy long-blamed for keeping children in such a situation. The ...

13 Jun 2024 at 15:28

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 ...

17 Jun 2024 at 15:00

Swinney: Scottish Labour should stand up to Starmer over two-child benefit cap

Scotland’s First Minister has challenged Scottish Labour to stand up to Sir Keir Starmer in demanding an end to the two-child benefit cap. John Swinney has said the 2017 policy, which ...

17 Jun 2024 at 22:30

Children in poverty cannot wait for Labour to scrap benefit cap – campaigners

Children living in poverty cannot wait for “an ideal world” for the two-child benefit cap to be scrapped, campaigners have said. It comes after Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he ...

24 May 2024 at 12:12

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