WHETHER the two-child cap on benefits causes harm is “open to debate”, a Cabinet Secretary has said ...
WHETHER the two-child cap on benefits causes harm is “open to debate”, a Cabinet Secretary has said as he insisted theRadio Scotland on Wednesday morning, Pat McFadden insisted that the King’s Speech would not include any changes to the benefit policy, brought in by the
However, speaking on Good Morning Scotland, McFadden defended keeping the policy in place and said whether it actually caused harm was up for debate. “We were pretty candid about that during the election. We said we wouldn't promise things if we couldn't see how they would be paid for. That remains true two weeks after the election, just as it was two weeks before it.”
Wednesday’s speech is expected to include around 40 bills with a heavy emphasis on trying to push economic growth, the first of Keir Starmer’s five “missions for national renewal”.SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has opposed the two-child cap Separately, the four newly-elected Green MPs will put forward their own amendment on the two-child cap.
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