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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

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

Two-child benefit cap closer to being scrapped as MPs vote to ditch policy

Two-child limit closer to being scrapped as MPs vote to ditch policy

The controversial two-child benefit cap has moved a step closer to being scrapped after legislation cleared the first stage in Parliament. The policy, introduced under the Conservatives in 2017, was branded a ...

04 Feb 2026 at 09:11

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 ...

13 Jun 2024 at 15:28

‘Britain’s poorest getting poorer as people in deep poverty at record high’

Progress on tackling poverty is likely to stall after April if the Government’s key move to axe the two-child benefit limit is not followed up with more action, campaigners have warned. The decision to ...

27 Jan 2026 at 00:01

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 ...

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 ...

24 May 2024 at 12:12

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