First Minister of Scotland John Swinney, walks with Finance Secretary Shona Robison as she arrives to announce the draft Budget for 2025-26 to MSPs at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh. Picture date: Wednesday December 4, 2024.


Scotland's Finance Secretary Shona Robison promised to lift 15,000 children out of poverty as she made her Budget announcement. 

Scottish government vows to ditch two-child benefit cap 

Some campaigners have called for both that policy and the benefit cap to be scrapped to help lift children out of poverty.

Axing two-child limit ‘most cost-effective move but no silver bullet on poverty’

Between 2021-24 there were over 6,500 carers allowance overpayment breaches referred to the Department for Communities debt management.

Unpaid carers facing multi-million pound bill

Child Poverty Action Group says 'nowhere fares as badly as London'.

Families in London have as little as £44 a week to live on under benefit cap

Major changes are being made to the welfare system from next month, some specifically for Londoners.

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Scottish government vows to ditch two-child benefit cap

Axing two-child limit ‘most cost-effective move but no silver bullet on poverty’

Unpaid carers facing multi-million pound bill

Families in London have as little as £44 a week to live on under benefit cap

Changes to benefits: what Londoners can expect