Former Scottish Labour leadership hopeful Monica Lennon said the policy was 'abhorrent' and called for party colleagues to speak out.
A Scottish Labour MSP has slammed Keir Starmer after he said that Labour would not be scrapping the two-child benefit cap.
UK Labour leader Starmer said it was not party policy to scrap the cap during a question and answer session in Kent on Thursday morning. Starmer was asked on Thursday morning: "Recently the shadow Work and Pensions Secretary [Jonathan Ashworth] called the two child benefit cap 'heinous' and suggested Labour will scrap it.Starmer replied: "That isn't our policy and if it changes I'll let you know."
The Scottish Government currently mitigates the benefit cap and devolved social security benefits are not subject to the two-child limit and rape clause. SNP Westminster Leader Stephen Flynn accused Labour of "only offering to copy disgraceful Tory policies"
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