Finance Secretary Shona Robison at the Scottish Parliament, Holyrood, Edinburgh, September 3, 2024
NEW Budget cash coming to Scotland will not be used to scrap the two-child cap on benefits or the winter fuel allowance means test, according to the SNP today.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has set out plans that would see an additional £1.5 billon coming to Scotland this year and another £3.4bn from April.
But as SNP Finance Secretary Shona Robison pores over the settlement in the run-up to setting out her own draft Budget on December 4, she told BBC Radio Scotland that “austerity will continue for those impacted by the two-child cap, and also the loss of the winter fuel payment.”
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