It currently stands at £27.15 a week and is paid to parents on certain benefits for each child under the age of 16. The ...

John Swinney has refused to use a £150million budget windfall to cut income tax. The SNP had set the money aside for a ...

John Swinney has said Rachel Reeves has “very clearly” misled the public over the state of the UK’s finances ahead of the ...

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said the UK Government’s actions will lift thousands of Scottish children out of poverty.

It is increasingly likely Chancellor Rachel Reeves will scrap the two-child benefit cap in the budget, following intense campaigning from The Herald ...

John Swinney has pledged more money for tackling child poverty after Chancellor Rachel Reeves scrapped the two-child benefit cap. The Scottish Government intended to mitigate the limit from April 2026 ...

Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Budget statement is raised by opposition leaders at First Minister's Questions.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been urged to “help, not hammer” families when she delivers her Budget. Ms Reeves will lay out ...

John Swinney has been urged to expand free school meals provision with the extra cash the SNP Government will receive as a ...

Campaigners have called on the First Minister to “come good” on previous commitments to use the money earmarked for ...

At First Minister's Questions on Thursday, Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay accused the UK chancellor of "screwing ...

The UK Government will scrap the two-child cap on benefits from April next year, the chancellor has confirmed. Chancellor ...