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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Craig Paton

Farage stance on benefit cap ‘just basic racism’, says Swinney

John Swinney was speaking on Thursday (Steve Welsh/PA) - (PA Wire)

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage’s stance that the two-child benefit cap should only be lifted for British-born families is “basic racism”, Scotland’s First Minister has said.

Mr Farage has drawn criticism for his comments at a press conference on Wednesday, where he said his party would vote against Government proposals to lift the cap.

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