All children in receipt of Universal Credit to receive free school meals

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All children in receipt of Universal Credit to receive free school meals

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Currently, those families whose income is below £7,400 and are in receipt of Universal Credit, are eligible for free school meals. This means that any family receiving Universal Credit and whose other income is above £7,400 are not eligible.

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With a cost of living crisis, more families will plummet into poverty with children suffering. Families earning just over £7,400 in receipt of Universal Credit are not eligible for free school meals. This is a pitiful amount of money to live on. At least if these children had a hot free school meal each day, that would be a start to improving outcomes for these children. Research shows that children cannot learn if they are hungry. This would take a small pressure off those struggling to eat.

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