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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

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 ...

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 ...

17 Jun 2024 at 15:00

Northern Ireland

Baby banks supported almost 9,000 in Northern Ireland last year, figures show

Almost 9,000 babies and children in Northern Ireland were supported last year by baby banks, new data has indicated. The Baby Bank Alliance said some 20% of children in the region live in poverty, and 20% in absolute ...

25 Jul 2024 at 14:56

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

07 Jan 2025 at 11:36

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 would make such a change ...

24 May 2024 at 12:12

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 ...

19 May 2024 at 13:12

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

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