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Originally Posted by hedman2003
thanks for all your feedback. the intention would not be to make anybody worse off but simply that an element of the child benefit say £8.75 (the weekly cost of a school meal) would be deducted from child benefit for parents who have to pay. Parents in receipt of free school meals would have no reduction in their child benefit. All school age pupils would have a nutritious meal at lunchtime.
Several respondents are seeing the bigger picture regarding creation of part time jobs for parents, greater income would create better menus and varieity.
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BUT WHY?? If you are working, you have to pay for the meals anyway RIGHT?? so whats the difference it being taken out of CHB or paying every friday like we do now?? It's swings and round abouts. Whats the point??
The point is.....yet another thing we would be MADE TO DO! instead of having a choice. I mean come on, in this country we don't have many choices we can make for ourselves.
If I choose to put my children on Packed lunches, then as a mother, that is MY choice. And no-one would badger me into doing otherwise.