The SNP has pledged to mitigate the impact of the two-child cap in Scotland - without saying how much it will cost, or how long it will take to implement.
John Swinney has warned Labour "Scotland will never forgive you" if the UK Government tries to block the ending of the two-child cap on benefits.
But that depends on cooperation from the UK Department of Work and Pensions , which holds the relevant data."I will do everything absolutely everything in my power to lift children in Scotland out of poverty and end this scourge once and for all," he wrote in The Times. "Ending the two-child cap gets to the heart of what my government is about. I listened to the families across the country who were telling me how much they were struggling and I have taken action to support them.
Paul O'Kane, the party's social security spokesman, claimed last night the Finance Secretary's move had no substance. He said: "Labour will engage constructively but this is a policy without a penny.
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