Keir Starmer is under increasing pressure to scrap the controversial two child benefit cap after the SNP announced it will abolish the limit in Scotland. The move would lift 15,000 youngsters out of poverty.
Charities condemn the policy, which affects 1.6 million children across the UK, as cruel. The SNP administration in Scotland has declared eradicating child poverty to be its top priority.
Hitting out at Sir Keir, Scottish finance secretary Shona Robison said many had looked to Labour to end the 'pernicious' two child limit - but that the Scottish Government will act where Westminster had not.
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