THE UK Government has confirmed in today's Budget that it will remove the two-child benefit cap from April 2026.

The decision to remove the cap, which restricted payment of the Universal Credit child element to two children per family, is set to lift 450,000 children out of poverty by 2030 according to the OBR.

The changes are predicted to cost the Government £2.3 billion in its first year, rising to £3bn by 2029-30.

The SNP have been campaigning on the matter for many years, with their bid to overturn it last year leading to Labour suspending a number of their own MPs .

Wider welfare measures, including the reversal of previous plans to cut winter fuel payments and health-related benefits , are set to cost £9bn in 2029-30 and benefit 560,000 families through an average increas

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