Submitted by Amanda Hannah on Thursday 22nd January 2026
Published on Monday 23rd February 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Sunday 23rd August 2026
Current Signatures: 21
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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Benefits ~ Change ~ Children ~ Cost ~ Cost of living ~ crisis ~ Families ~ Free School Meals ~ Meals ~ Minimum ~ Minimum wage ~ Reviewed ~ school meals ~ Seán ~ Separate ~ Uc ~ Universal Credit ~ Universities ~ weeks ~ work
Free School Meal criteria to include all families receiving UC, DLC & benefits
Change the criteria for Free School Meals to include the Full Universal Credit Lists as well as the legacy benefits, also increasing the minimum amount you can earn as the minimum wage has increased significantly since this was last reviewed. But have separate categories for children with SEN & DLA
Change the criteria for Free School Meals to include the Full Universal Credit Lists as well as the legacy benefits, also increasing the minimum amount you can earn to qualify for Free School Meals as the minimum wage has increased significantly since this was last reviewed. To meet the criteria currently you cannot work more than 10 hrs a week (approx) and in this current cost of living crisis, most people are having to work to live. To have a category for children with SEN & that receive DLA.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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