内容摘要：Those forecasts have since been revised upwards slightly, largely because of increased mining costs.

Those forecasts have since been revised upwards slightly, largely because of increased mining costs.

newspaper that the limit is "wrong" and "needs to be reversed".However he added that he was "pushing at an open door" as he believes the prime minister is keen to remove the cap as soon as financially possible.

Wendy Chamberlain, the deputy leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats said scrapping the act would be the "quickest and most cost-effective way" to help children out of poverty.Mr Sarwar's calls came as DWP statistics showed a total of 440,000 households across the UK were not receiving benefits for at least one child because of the policy.Of that number, 59%, or 270,000, have at least one parent "in work".

And of those households affected, 26,000, or 6%, are in Scotland - a 7.7% increase on the previous year's figure of 24,160.A further 1,000 or so Scottish households were granted an exception.

The figures also revealed that the most affected council area in Scotland is in Glasgow (4,500 households) followed by Fife (2,100) and North Lanarkshire (2,000).

Claire Telfer, from charity Save the Children Scotland, called the newest figures an "outrage" and "cruel".If Thames does come under government control, there has been speculation it would be put into a Special Administration Regime, which would see financial consultants run the company on the government's behalf.

A precedent for this was set in 2021 when energy company Bulb went bust and was placed under special administration.Regardless of what happens to Thames, water suppliers to its customers will continue as normal.

The prime minister's policy team has beenmeeting Labour MPs behind closed doors