The Labour Party. All discussion here please

[convert]

Taken from an earlier comment (not mine).

 

"This is not a case of the government taking free school meals from a million children who are currently receiving them. It’s about comparing two future, hypothetical scenarios, one of which is more generous than the other.

 

The Department of Education has made clear that no one who currently gets free school meals as part of the early rollout of Universal Credit will lose their entitlement once the rollout is complete. The people who will be subject to the means test are future Universal Credit claimants."

 

Cheers, I know, I was the one who quoted it. I just wanted to see if El Cid would admit that.

[truman]

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Edited March 18, 2018 by truman

[Robin-H]

Cheers, I know, I was the one who quoted it. I just wanted to see if El Cid would admit that.

 

Oh yes sorry - so you were! I missed that.

[El Cid]

Is this only for new claimants of Universal Credit, or will it apply to those already receiving it?

 

Will any child currently entitled to a free school meal have that entitlement removed?

 

Does that make it ok, its not happening now, but it will happen over time. That is the new way that politicians bring in unpopular changes. But you either support free school meals or you don't.

 

Free school meals have been shown to improve exam results, and possibly health.

 

Do you accept that in the future more children will be affected by not getting a good meal?

 

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Do you accept that in the future more children will be affected by not getting a good meal?

 

The role out for Universal Credit comes to Sheffield in November 2018, so Sheffield children/families will be poorer.

[convert]

Does that make it ok, its not happening now, but it will happen over time. That is the new way that politicians bring in unpopular changes. But you either support free school meals or you don't.

 

Free school meals have been shown to improve exam results, and possibly health.

 

Do you accept that in the future more children will be affected by not getting a good meal?

 

---------- Post added 18-03-2018 at 18:50 ----------

 

 

The role out for Universal Credit comes to Sheffield in November 2018, so Sheffield children/families will be poorer.

 

Your initial posting on this subject was wrong, nobody is 'losing' anything.

 

Anyone currently getting free school meals will still get them.

 

I agree that the poorest should be entitled to free school meals, however, once again you present this as a binary choice, when it isn't.

 

There has to be a cut off point, what I don't agree with is having a different cutoff point for NI.

[ANGELFIRE1]

Yet didn't one Labour politician promise to raise everyone's level to the average?

(I guess that he failed Arithmetic at school)

 

That he must have been a she, Abbott is the LIEbour mathematician. Proved beyond all doubt.

 

Angel1.

[El Cid]

Your initial posting on this subject was wrong, nobody is 'losing' anything.

 

 

When the £7,000 earning limit comes in and claimants that are being transferred to Universal Credit(Nov 2018 Sheffield), I believe they may be people losing out.

 

https://schoolsweek.co.uk/labour-loses-bid-to-give-free-school-meals-to-all-universal-credit-claimants/

[hackey lad]

That he must have been a she, Abbott is the LIEbour mathematician. Proved beyond all doubt.

 

Angel1.

 

Who , Diane Abacus Abbott ?:hihi:

[OPEN BORDERS]

Corbyn could have been a very dangerous man.

Thankfully he got as close as he will ever get to PM at the last election.

However, he may well destroy the Labour Party in the very near future and do us all a favour. Labour stopped representing the working class in the early 90's.

[convert]

When the £7,000 earning limit comes in and claimants that are being transferred to Universal Credit(Nov 2018 Sheffield), I believe they may be people losing out.

 

https://schoolsweek.co.uk/labour-loses-bid-to-give-free-school-meals-to-all-universal-credit-claimants/

 

 

Once again, you get it wrong.

 

The Earnings limit will be £7400, not £7000 as you stated. This, in addition to benefits should provide a family income of between £18K and £24K.

 

Plus this only applies to Y3 and above. Infants will not be affected.

 

 

Since the starting salary of a primary teacher is less than that upper limit, should be provide them with free school meals as well?

 

After all they are critical to the education of out children...