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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Guardian staff

Two-child benefit cap ‘will be scrapped’ in Scotland, vows SNP

Scotland's minister for finance, Shona Robison, presents her budget to parliament
Scotland's minister for finance, Shona Robison, presents her budget to parliament on Wednesday. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

The Scottish government has unveiled plans to scrap Westminster’s controversial two-child benefit cap to lift thousands of “children out of poverty”.

Scotland’s finance secretary, Shona Robison, said her budget for the coming year “offers hope for Scotland’s future”, announcing that the two-child cap on benefits would be scrapped in Scotland as she pledged record spending for both the NHS and councils.

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