Scottish Government gives update on two-child cap after UK Budget

Scottish Government gives update on two-child cap after UK Budget

The Scottish Government has issued an update on the two-child cap following the publication of the UK Budget

Charles Amos: Never mind the two-child cap, parents should have full responsibility for all of their children

Charles Amos studied Political Theory at the University of Oxford and writes The Musing Individualist Substack. At the Budget it was confirmed that Reeves will scrap the two-child benefit cap at the cost of £3.5bn. The main justification for this fiscal act is it will reduce child poverty by 630,000. The need of the vast majority of children in relative poverty is not sufficient warrant to take money from the taxpayer. Parents alone have the ful…

Restoring security: Understanding the effects of removing the two-child limit across the UK

The policy has caused more than 1.6 million children living in affected households to be deprived of income, pushing child poverty to record highs. It has also disproportionately affected families in parts of the country already facing the greatest economic strain. Research by the London School of Economics has shown that the policy has failed to reduce family sizes, one of the stated objectives when the policy was introduced. Instead it has had…