THE SNP have challenged Keir Starmer to reform Westminster’s welfare system following recent comments made by ex-prime minister Gordon Brown.
The two-child cap prevents parents from claiming child tax credit or Universal Credit for any third or subsequent child born after 2017.have also previously been urged to scrap the “rape clause” – an exemption offered as part of the two-child cap for families where a third child was conceived as a result of rape but only if they can offer proof.
“Now, at a time when people are really suffering in a cost of living crisis, the Labour leadership have shockingly known that they won’t do anything differently from the Tories to create a fairer UK welfare system.”
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