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Labour’s two-child cap hits 580 Angus families
The SNP government’s decision to scrap Labour’s two child cap will help 580 families in Angus as new figures reveal the number of households impacted by the cap.
Across Scotland, the cap affects almost 30,000 households, with Keir Starmer’s previous promises to scrap it now falling on deaf ears. According to their own estimates, keeping the cap will push 250,000 people – including 50,000 children – into poverty.
By ending it on 2nd March 2026, the SNP government is ensuring 20,000 fewer children will live in relative poverty next year.
Labour’s two child cap is now impacting almost 600 households in Angus.
GRAEME
Next year that will end under this SNP government as we once again step in to mitigate the damage done by Westminster.
This is undoubtedly the right thing to do, but should not be necessary. The nearly 30,000 families that are suffering right now across Scotland are suffering because of the Labour Party.
Unlike Starmer’s government, John Swinney is leading a Scottish Government whose top mission is the eradication of child poverty; a scourge on society made so much worse by the two child cap.
The Labour Party is devoid of values and has no ambition for Scotland, while the SNP is taking action to improve the lives of all Scots; making decisions in Scotland, for Scotland.
