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Hundreds of millions 'wasted' on two child benefit cap could pay for P6 and P7 meals

Hundreds of millions 'wasted' on two child benefit cap could pay for P6 and P7 meals

A charity has told The Herald hundreds of millions could be spent on improving children’s lives if the Scottish Government were not having to mitigate the UK government’s two child benefit cap.

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