Families will be helped by scrapping of policy

Around 2000 families in North Lanarkshire will be impacted by the two-child cap, as the Scottish Government confirmed the Labour policy will be effectively scrapped in Scotland from March next year.

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The two-child cap restricts support in Universal Credit to two children in a family. It was introduced under the Conservatives and the new Labour government has kept the cap in place, despite campaigning against it in opposition.

The Child Poverty Action Group says scrapping the two-child limit is the most cost-effective way to start to reduce child poverty. It would lift 350,000 children out of poverty.