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CPAG welcomes the news that all primary school pupils in Wales will receive free school meals in the next three years.

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Responding to today’s Spending Review, Sara Ogilvie, policy director at Child Poverty Action Group said the lower universal credit taper rate is “good news”, but added: "The long-overdue decision to lower the UC taper rate will help lots of low earners. But there was nothing for those who cannot work – carers, those with young children and people who are sick or disabled - who face the same cost pressures as other households and will still have a black hole in their finances after the universal credit cut...

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A new Early Warning System report has been published about difficulties experienced by refugees and their families claiming universal credit. It contains an overview of the issues and a number of recommendations for DWP policy and practice. 

Our annual Welfare Rights Conference is staying online for 2021, with a range of expert-led workshops running across the whole week of the 29th of November.

This London Challenge Poverty Week (11 – 15 October 2021), Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) will launch a briefing on the experiences of low-income families in London during the Covid-19 pandemic, covering the first year of the charity’s London Calling project.