Passported Benefits and the Universal Credit
The Government are consulting on the treatment of passported benefits within a Universal Credit system. Under the current system, claimants qualify for passported benefits such as free school meals,...
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Cost of losing free school meals under Universal Credit
Losing Free School Meals, the main passported benefit for working age claimants, can cost a household significantly more than just the monetary value of the Free School Meal. This is because gross...
View ArticleSSAC Report on Passported Benefits and Universal Credit
The Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) were asked by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to provide guiding principles for the department on how Passported Benefits (Free School Meals,...
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Universal Credit and School Meals
The introduction of Universal Credit means that the current system for administering school meals will have to change. Extending entitlement to Free School Meals under Universal Credit will be...
View ArticleUniversal Credit and local welfare support
Universal Credit is the most important reform to the welfare system since the war. The challenge of implementing change on this scale makes it easy to forget that the principles of Universal Credit: a...
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Free School Meals for All
Nick Clegg announced at the Lib Dem conference that free school meals (FSM) will be extended to all children aged 5-7 in state schools in England, effective September 2014. On average, the policy will...
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