The UK Government has pledged to work "constructively" with SNP ministers at Holyrood as they seek to end the two-child benefit cap for families north of the border.However, a senior minister in Sir Keir Starmer's Government made clear he believes the "money for this commitment has not been set aside" by the Scottish Government.With the Scottish Government reliant on data from the UK Department for Work and Pensions to enable it to mitigate the policy - which means families can only claim some b

The UK Government has pledged to work "constructively" with SNP ministers at Holyrood as they seek to end the two-child benefit cap for families north of the border.However, a senior minister in Sir Keir Starmer's Government made clear he believes the "money for this commitment has not been set aside" by the Scottish Government.With the Scottish Government reliant on data from the UK Department for Work and Pensions to enable it to mitigate the policy - which means families can only claim some benefits for their first two children - First Minister John Swinney said he had secured an agreement from Sir Keir on the matter.The SNP leader raised the issue with the Prime Minister in private talks ahead of a British-Irish Council meeting which both men attended in Edinburgh on Friday.