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Sunak urged to drop two-child benefit cap to lift thousands out of poverty

Rishi Sunak has been urged to drop “unspeakably cruel” policies to lift half a million children out of poverty. SNP MP Kirsten Oswald has urged the Prime Minister to U-turn on his decision to back the two-child limit and benefit cap policies set by ...

25 Dec 2022 at 00:01

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 ...

20 Jul 2023 at 09:34

Scotland

SNP demands end of ‘unnecessary suffering’ caused by two-child benefit cap

The SNP has called for “unnecessary suffering” caused by the two-child benefit cap to end seven years on from its introduction. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been urged to reflect on the damage critics say the policy has caused to families and ...

06 Apr 2024 at 00:01

Labour has to take the tough decisions on spending, says Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer said his party is having to make “tough decisions” ahead of the next election as he appeared to defend his stance on maintaining the two-child benefit cap. There has been disquiet among Labour MPs after the party leader ...

18 Jul 2023 at 21:22

Labour MSP hits out at Starmer’s failure to vow end of two-child limit

A Labour MSP has hit out at party leader Sir Keir Starmer’s failure to pledge to scrap the two-child benefits limit. Monica Lennon – who was defeated by current Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar in the party’s leadership election in ...

06 Jul 2023 at 15:58

Swinney seeks to speed up action to scrap two-child cap in Scotland

Ending the two-child cap on some benefits in Scotland could take place earlier than expected, with First Minister John Swinney saying his Government could act in the coming year. Setting out plans to possibly accelerate action, Mr ...

15 Jan 2025 at 12:54

Two-child cap not the only lever we have to tackle poverty, says Rayner

There are more levers which could be used to tackle child poverty than scrapping the two-child benefit cap, the Deputy Prime Minister has said as the Scottish Government seeks to mitigate it. During a visit to Scotland, Angela ...

09 Jan 2025 at 19:58

Scotland

Ministers seek views on ‘flagship’ two-child cap mitigation policy

The Scottish Government is seeking views from the public on what it calls its “flagship policy” of effectively ending the two-child benefits cap. SNP ministers have pledged to mitigate the effects of the cap from April 2026, ...

21 Feb 2025 at 15:49

Credible child poverty strategy must see two-child limit axed, says think tank

A three-child limit on benefits could cut child poverty by 320,000 by the end of this Parliament, a think tank has projected, but it insisted scrapping the two-child limit entirely is necessary for any poverty strategy to ...

26 Feb 2025 at 00:01

Scotland

Bill to mitigate benefit policies ‘eyewatering’ but alternative worse, MSPs told

The bill the Scottish Government pays to mitigate Westminster benefits policies is “eyewatering”, a campaigner has said, but the alternative would incur “astronomical costs”. Scottish ministers use their own budget to ...

15 May 2025 at 18:50

Winter fuel reversal details could come in weeks, suggests Rayner

Details on when winter fuel payments could be restored to more pensioners could come to light within a few weeks, Angela Rayner has suggested. The Deputy Prime Minister indicated the Spending Review by Chancellor ...

25 May 2025 at 10:42

Government ‘not going to rule anything out’ amid benefit cap pressure

Ministers are “not going to rule anything out when it comes to tackling child poverty”, Downing Street has said, after the Education Secretary suggested that scrapping the two-child benefit cap is “not off the ...

27 May 2025 at 14:40

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