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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 Scotland were ...

19 Jul 2023 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 children in a family, pointing ...

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” and it “falls short of our values ...

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 “neither moral nor necessary” and it ...

18 May 2024 at 20:05

Starmer faces further calls from MPs to scrap two-child benefit cap

Sir Keir Starmer’s Government is facing further calls to scrap the two-child benefit cap, as MPs claim it would lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty. Labour has faced consistent pressure to scrap the limit since before ...

17 Jul 2024 at 18:32

Impact of two-child benefit cap evident in food insecurity survey, says charity

Almost a quarter of families with three children experienced food insecurity last month, according to research by a charity which said the findings show the impact of the two-child benefit cap. More than 6,000 adults were surveyed in ...

25 Jul 2024 at 00:01

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 poverty. It ...

25 Jul 2024 at 14:56

Scotland

Number of Scottish families impacted by two-child benefit cap rises to 26,000

Poverty campaigners have demanded the UK Government urgently scraps the two-child benefit cap after figures revealed 26,000 families were impacted in Scotland. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has faced pressure to abolish the ...

11 Jul 2024 at 14:43

We cannot wait for Labour to act on two-child benefit cap, says Swinney

Scotland’s First Minister has said his Government is acting on the two-child benefit cap because he “can’t wait” for Labour to axe the policy. John Swinney said the pledge to mitigate the cap in Scotland has been made so he ...

05 Dec 2024 at 14:40

Voting against the Budget will be ‘albatross’ around Labour’s neck, says Swinney

Voting against the Scottish Government’s Budget will be an “albatross” around Labour’s neck, the First Minister has said, as he pledged to be the one “putting it there”. Finance Secretary Shona Robison published the ...

09 Dec 2024 at 00:01

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 party’s manifesto ...

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 children, with ...

17 Jun 2024 at 15:00

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