Tag: Universal Credit

Expanding Free School Meals and the Next Step: Scrapping the Two-Child Benefit Cap

At Toynbee Hall, we are committed to supporting families and communities in East London. Recent government initiatives have brought both relief and renewed focus on the challenges faced by low-income households. One significant development is the expansion of free school meals to all children in households receiving Universal Credit. However, as we celebrate this progress,…
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Pandemic Stories research group campaigns to #KeepTheLifeline

The Pandemic Stories Peer Research Group add their voices to the growing calls to keep the £20 uplift to Universal Credit and extend it to legacy benefits. Since June 2020, Toynbee Hall and Thrive LDN have been supporting Londoners to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on their financial health and wellbeing. The group…
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