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Here to promote an idea I call Universal Credit Scottish Mitigations, catchy name huh? See pinned thread and new blog https://ucscottishmitigations.blogspot.com/
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@kirstymcneill.bsky.social hi Kirsty I saw a post about working with SG to tackle poverty. Is there any chance UKG could be persuaded to step up and mitigate the 2 child limit at source through universal credit? Would be the best approach for claimants, but SG seem to think you wouldn’t.

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@torstenbell.bsky.social hi Torsten, can I appeal to you as a fellow policy wonk? The Scottish Government have launched their consultation on the 2 child limit. It clearly shows that mitigation at source through UC would be best but reject this as an option for being too slow. Is that right?

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I’m reading the Scottish Government’s consultation on mitigating the two child cap. www.gov.scot/binaries/con... It clearly makes the case for mitigating at source but says this “could” mean slower progress for delivering the change. Would it not be a good idea to test this with UK government?

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Another reason to mitigate the bedroom tax, benefit cap and bedroom tax all at source in Scotland is take up rates. Take up is good for the bedroom tax but only 57% for the benefit cap mitigation. researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN...

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Spat on, attacked, humiliated, betrayed by government & terrified of the future: inside the brutalised lives of our disabled community My @heraldscotland.bsky.social Big Read comes with a content warning as it’s deeply distressing This demands your attention www.heraldscotland.com/news/2493865...

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

Once upon a time the Scottish and UK Governments promised to work together to scrap the bedroom tax at source - through Universal Credit www.gov.scot/policies/soc.... That didn’t happen because they were both busy with other things. 1/x

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

4.3 million children are in poverty UK govt won’t see progress on child poverty by 2029 even with high economic growth 📢 Our analysis shows under our central scenario only Scotland will see child poverty rates fall by 2029 in part due to social security policies 1/5

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