Submitted on Thursday 22nd June 2023
Rejected on Tuesday 27th June 2023
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Bring Universal Credit into line with cost of living increases
• Remove the two-child limits on claims for Universal Credit;
• Introduce an inflation-linked threshold that triggers a review of Universal Credit to bring it in line with the cost of living;
• Extend the provision of free school meals to children for all school holidays.
The Trussell Trust, and Joseph Rankin Foundation, have estimated that a single person in the UK needs to spend £35 per week more than they will be eligible for on Universal Credit, solely on the essentials. Families with children are particularly affected, and food poverty has a detrimental effect on health, education, and a variety of other problems. We urge the government to stand up for those most in need.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Remove the Two-Child Limit on Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit Benefits: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/636355
Increase funding for free school meals and issue meal vouchers during holidays: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/633699
Universal Credit is already increased in line with inflation each year, and were most recently increased by 10.1% in April.
We could accept a petition calling for Universal Credit payments to be further increased, but it would need to be clear how much you wanted these to be increased by, or how you wanted this increase to be calculated.
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