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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

SNP calls on Sir Keir Starmer to ‘see sense’ and scrap two-child benefit cap

There is still time for Sir Keir Starmer to “see sense” and scrap the two-child benefit cap, SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has insisted. Speaking ahead of the King’s Speech, which will set out the new Government’s plans for ...

17 Jul 2024 at 00:01

SNP demands two-child cap be scrapped ‘immediately’

The SNP has tabled an amendment calling for the two-child cap to be axed, with the party’s Westminster leader Stephen Flynn branding a new child poverty taskforce set up by the Labour government as a “cynical attempt to kick the ...

18 Jul 2024 at 00:01

Four-nation summit needed now to tackle child poverty, says Flynn

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has written to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to call for a four-nation summit on tackling child poverty this summer. Mr Flynn welcomed news the UK Government has set up a ministerial ...

20 Jul 2024 at 00:01

Flynn urges Scottish Labour MPs to back move to scrap child benefit cap

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has urged Scottish Labour MPs to support a move to scrap the two-child benefit cap. The party has tabled an amendment to the King’s Speech calling for the cap to be axed in what Mr ...

22 Jul 2024 at 00:01

Scrapping two-child benefit cap will be considered, Bridget Phillipson says

Scrapping the two-child benefit cap will be “considered” by the Government, a Cabinet minister has said amid growing pressure for the measure to be dropped. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson on Monday said it ...

22 Jul 2024 at 10:02

PM says ‘no silver bullet’ to end child poverty as he faces two-child cap revolt

Sir Keir Starmer said there is “no silver bullet” to end child poverty but that “it’s good that we’re having a debate” about the two-child benefit cap as he faces growing pressure for the measure to be dropped. ...

22 Jul 2024 at 12:20

Scotland

Scottish Labour MP defends party after vote on two-child cap

A Scottish Labour MP has defended the party’s stance in refusing to vote to scrap the two-child cap on some benefits, insisting axing the policy would “cost an extremely large amount of money” and must be ...

24 Jul 2024 at 10:19

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