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The Chancellor George Osborne is reported to be backing calls for the national minimum wage to rise to £7 per hour this October. He told the BBC: "I believe Britain can afford an above-inflation increase in the minimum wage so we restore its real value for people and we make sure we have a recovery for all and that work always pays."

John Dickie, Head of CPAG in Scotland, said: “A universal approach to healthy free school lunches provides a huge boost to children and parents at a time when they are under increasing pressure from tax credit and benefit cuts, soaring food and energy prices and stagnating wages." Read more

Read our response to the Expert Working Group on Welfare's call for evidence here.