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SNP to ditch the two-child cap as pre-polling day sweetner
Scottish Daily Express
|June 18, 2025
JOHN SWINNEY’S government has announced its first pre-Holyrood election giveaway — and it is using £155million of public cash to do so.
The SNP administration said it will effectively scrap the two-child benefit cap in Scotland from March 3 next year, just two months out from when Scots go to the polls.
The policy is actually supported by the majority of Scots, according to polling, with a total of 53% of those surveyed saying it should remain, alongside 31% who want it to be abolished and 16% who don’t know.
For years, the SNP has claimed it doesn’t have the power to eradicate the two-child cap.
The UK-wide policy prevents parents from claiming universal credit or child tax credit for more than two children unless there are mitigating circumstances.
This story is from the June 18, 2025 edition of Scottish Daily Express.
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