More than 400 families on benefits in West Dunbartonshire are being affected by the two-child limit on payments.
Anti-poverty campaigners warn the policy’s “damaging” impact will intensify as living costs surge across the country – putting the futures of one in 12 children on the line.
Child Tax Credit (CTC) – or the equivalent element of Universal Credit (UC) – is paid to families to help with the cost of raising a child.