Free School Meals Cut

[Kromovaracun]

http://www.theweek.co.uk/92272/children-to-go-hungry-after-free-school-meals-cuts

English families on Universal Credit have had their income threshold for free school meals cut.

Families in Northern Ireland have, notably, been exempt from the legislation: goo.gl/yxLWyp

Good idea?

[Islay]

Good idea? which one to cut the funding or to treat England and NI different?
TBH I have always thought that free school meals should only be for the very worst off and given all the extra's you can get whilst on benefits it does encourage long term usage.
As for treating NI and England differently - happens all the time! Universal credit isn't actually fully implemented here yet. Our NHS does not follow the PACE guidelines over most treatements and our MPs get paid for 18 months for not attending work because they cannot agree!

[bednobs]

dont you mean NICE guidelines?? :)

[wolf63]

It doesn't mention Wales or Scotland. Maybe they have just forgotten about them.

[bednobs]

ps i have no doubt that our MPs would also pay themselves for not being at work.
re free school meals, i think it's probably a good iea

[wolf63]

PACE is a Police thing.

[Jahulaye]

Sad, first the milk, now free school meals...

What’s next? Stationary? Furniture? Education?

Okay maybe a bit ott but when the snowball starts rolling Who knows what it will gather up on it’s disastrous journey to the bottom of the hill.

[Islay]

lol yes PACE is to do with the Police!

[sunny-dave]

It seems that the "Let's treat people as adults and give them all their Benefits in money - then they pay their own bills and manage their own lives" policy is foundering - as many (most?) people thought it would.

Levels of rent arrears are skyrocketing, children are going hungry, heating is being cut off and even water and basic sanitation are being disconnected for non-payment of bills.

Benefits need to be hypothecated - and the relevant amounts deducted at source and paid to the suppliers of housing and utilities. The major part of any allowance for children should be paid in non-negotiable vouchers for food/clothing.

Then we shouldn't need Free (ie paid for by the taxpayer) School Meals except in a very few difficult cases, for a limited time.

As to treating Non_Iron differently - I refer you to the hold that the DUP has on Mrs May's testicles.

[ToraToraTora]

Dam that means their parents willjhave to cut back on white lightening and waccy baccy to feed their own saucepans! disgraceful!

[Voltage]

lol

[Jahulaye]

“Dam that means their parents willjhave to cut back on white lightening and waccy baccy to feed their own saucepans! disgraceful!”

Not all parents are replicas of the cast of shameless ttt

[ToraToraTora]

"It seems that the "Let's treat people as adults and give them all their Benefits in money - then they pay their own bills and manage their own lives" policy is foundering - as many (most?) people thought it would. " - bang on SD, you cannot give WSS actual money. Just give them what they need to survive. BTW even the poorest WSS lowlife in Britain is richer than 95% of the world.

[tamborine]

why just #english & not other nationalities....seems racist to me?

[ummmm]

You're a horrible man, TTT, stop stealing your employers time and get back to work!!

[ummmm]

And your C&P is crap.

[ToraToraTora]

so you are supporting WSS then ummmm? have another fag love eh?

[ToraToraTora]

must have hit a nerve there!

[cassa333]

Sunny Dave for best answer please.

[ToraToraTora]

hang on, ummmm, have I accidentally hit on the the fact your are a pavillion?

[ToraToraTora]

I'll second that cassa