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Keeping two-child cap on benefits is a ‘massive betrayal’, Yousaf tells Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer’s refusal to scrap the two-child cap on benefits if Labour wins the next general election has been branded a “massive betrayal” by the Scottish First Minister. Humza Yousaf hit out at Sir Keir after he said the policy will remain if ...

20 Jul 2023 at 09:34

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 year because it applies to ...

17 Jun 2024 at 15:00

‘At least one in four children in poverty in two-thirds of constituencies’

Parties have been urged to commit to “systemic changes” to help families after new analysis suggested at least one in four children are living in poverty in two-thirds of parliamentary constituencies. These high rates of child poverty are ...

06 Jun 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 states that they will ...

13 Jun 2024 at 15:28

Thousands more in poverty, say campaigners ahead of two-child limit anniversary

An effort to tackle child poverty will “fall flat on its face” if the two-child limit is not scrapped, campaigners warned ahead of the eighth anniversary of the controversial policy coming into effect. Charities have been ramping up ...

04 Apr 2025 at 08:23

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