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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

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

Reeves should be shown ‘solidarity’ over Budget decisions – McFadden

Pat McFadden has urged his Labour colleagues to show “solidarity” with the Chancellor as she considers her Budget decisions, including on the two-child benefit cap. The Work and Pensions Secretary said Rachel Reeves “shouldn’t do the ...

28 Sept 2025 at 18:51

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 Kinnock said in an interview with ...

16 Aug 2025 at 22:45

Lucy Powell says Labour’s ‘unforced errors’ have cost the party support

Labour’s “mistakes” have given the impression that it is “not on the side of ordinary people”, a candidate for the party’s deputy leadership has said. In an interview with the BBC, former Commons leader Lucy Powell praised the ...

17 Sept 2025 at 13:41

Phillipson says there is ‘real urgency’ to scrapping two-child benefit cap

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has said there is “real urgency” to scrapping the two-child benefit cap amid speculation it could be lifted in the upcoming budget. The two-child limit was brought in by the ...

02 Oct 2025 at 06:00

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March 2 date set for applications for Scottish scheme to scrap two-child cap

The Scottish Government’s scheme to effectively abolish the two-child cap on some benefits will open for applications from March 2, John Swinney has confirmed. The First Minister insisted people in Scotland ...

08 Oct 2025 at 18:04

MPs repeat plea for Government to lift two-child benefit cap ahead of budget

The Government has faced renewed calls from Labour MPs to scrap the two-child benefit cap ahead of the budget next month, as ministers said it was not the only way to cut child poverty. Work and pensions ...

27 Oct 2025 at 16:33

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 ...

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 ...

19 May 2024 at 13:12

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