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Consultation response: Eligibility for free school meals and the early years pupil premium under Universal Credit

Consultation response: Eligibility for free school meals and the early years pupil premium under Universal Credit

The Government recently proposed new criteria for eligibility to free school meals under Universal Credit.

We welcome both the commitment to ensuring that free school meals are maintained for those on the lowest incomes, as well as the protection measures proposed for those that lose eligibility.

However, it is our view that the proposal, as it stands, does not meet the objectives of Universal Credit which is to make work pay.

Our consultation response set out our main reservations about the current proposal, together with a suggested solution.

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