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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

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 ...

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 poverty. It said baby banks ...

25 Jul 2024 at 14:56

Scottish Labour will abstain on budget vote, says Sarwar

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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 for the budget if the SNP ...

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 is “more confident” the ...

08 Jan 2025 at 09:37

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 but that “we haven’t got the ...

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 necessary” and it “falls short of ...

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 party’s manifesto states that they ...

13 Jun 2024 at 15:28

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 Government’s ...

09 Dec 2024 at 00:01

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 can ...

05 Dec 2024 at 14:40

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 ...

17 Jul 2024 at 18:32

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 ...

18 May 2024 at 20:05

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