THE SNP have said there is “still time for Keir Starmer to see sense” and axe the two-child benefit cap ahead of the King’s Speech ...
have said there is “still time for Keir Starmer to see sense” and axe the two-child benefit cap ahead of the King’s Speech.
The so-called “rape clause” provided an exception to women who could prove they had conceived a third child because they had been raped, but campaigners have said the process for proving this is invasive and degrading.
But given the size of Labour’s majority it would take an enormous rebellion to change the leadership’s stance.The confirmed contents of the King’s Speech include commitments to renationalise rail operators, a bonfire of English planning regulations to encourage housebuilding, and new devolution settlements for left-behind areas south of the Border.The Prime Minister said: “Now is the time to take the brakes off Britain.
“Today’s new laws will take back control and lay the foundations of real change that this country is crying out for, creating wealth in every community and making people better off – supporting their ambitions, hopes and dreams.”We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
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