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More free school meals is a start—here's what would really address child poverty

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UK government announces free school meals for all children in UK households claiming universal credit.

This will improve the lives of 500,000 more children and save their families 500 per year.

But the two -child benefit cap, which the government is considering scrapping, and challenging school budgets, remain major barriers to addressing child poverty.

In the UK , 4.45 million children live in poverty.

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