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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

Scotland

Swinney guarantees two-child cap mitigation payments by next April

First Minister John Swinney has guaranteed payments to families who have fallen foul of the two-child benefit cap will be made by April next year. The Scottish Government pledged to mitigate the ...

17 Apr 2025 at 13:15

Charities warn of record child poverty if two-child benefit cap not scrapped

Scrapping the two-child benefit limit is the most cost-effective way to reduce child poverty, charities have argued in a letter to the Prime Minister. Failing to scrap the limit could put child ...

22 Apr 2025 at 08:58

Farage fails to guarantee pensions triple lock but vows to axe benefits cap

Nigel Farage has declined to commit to the triple lock pensions guarantee as he said his party would scrap the two-child benefit cap because “it’s the right thing to do”. The Reform UK leader ...

27 May 2025 at 15:26

Scrapping two-child benefit cap ‘not off the table’, says Education Secretary

Scrapping the two-child benefit cap is “not off the table”, a Cabinet minister has said. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said it is the “moral mission” of the Labour Government to ...

27 May 2025 at 09:22

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