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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

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 policy, which limits the number of ...

17 Apr 2025 at 13:15

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 also committed his party to fully ...

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 tackle child poverty as she described ...

27 May 2025 at 09:22

Welsh First Minister calls for ‘damaging’ two-child benefit cap to be scrapped

Sir Keir Starmer is facing further pressure to scrap the two-child benefit cap, after Wales’ First Minister argued it is “damaging” for families. Tensions between the Prime Minister and the Welsh Labour leader have appeared ...

28 May 2025 at 17:39

Children in most deprived areas more likely to visit A&E and be obese – Unicef

Children living in England’s most deprived areas are more likely to visit A&E, be overweight or obese and suffer from tooth decay, a new report by aid agency Unicef UK has found. The organisation has called on the ...

09 Jun 2025 at 00:01

Starmer acknowledges need for swift clarity on winter fuel payments

The sooner the Government provides clarity about which pensioners will get the winter fuel payment in future, the better, Sir Keir Starmer has acknowledged. The Prime Minister also did not steer away from ...

02 Jun 2025 at 13:01

Starmer describes free school meal expansion as ‘down payment’ on child poverty

The expansion of free school meals is a “down payment” on child poverty, the Prime Minister has said. Charities and campaigners have urged the Government to axe the two-child benefit cap to ease child ...

05 Jun 2025 at 16:02

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 ...

16 Aug 2025 at 22:45

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