THE Scottish Government must mitigate the two-child benefit cap to help pour pressure on the Labour UK Government to scrap it ...
As it stands, people are blocked by UK law from claiming benefits for their third or subsequent children – unless they meet certain conditions such as being able to prove the child is a product of rape – due to a Tory policy brought in in 2017.According to the Resolution Foundation, the abolition of the cap UK-wide would instantly lift around half a million children out of poverty and would cost some £2.5 billion in 2024-2025.
An Alba source argued that the Scottish Government could give more funding to local councils and use increased discretionary housing payments to mitigate the policy.
The Scottish Parliament condemns the two-child benefit cap that was introduced in 2017 by the UK Government.
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