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Scottish plans to scrap the two-child benefit cap by 2026 branded ‘jam tomorrow’
A preschool age child playing with plastic building blocks

THE Scottish government’s Budget won’t alleviate child poverty and promises to scrap the two-child benefit cap in 2026 are merely “jam tomorrow,” according to one children’s charity.

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