Petition · past parliament · Department for Education

Take action to address the rising levels of child poverty

Closed 581 signatures

What the petition asks

To tackle child poverty the Government should:

- Increase Child Benefit by at least £10
- Add £10 to the UC child element and child tax credit
- Fund free school meals for all families in receipt of UC or tax credits and eventually all children
- Abolish the benefit cap and two child limit
Increasing children’s benefits gets money to families quickly via existing government infrastructure. £10 added to the UC child element and child tax credit provides an extra financial boost to those families on the lowest incomes. Free School Meals improves nutritional health and ensures children from low income families are better able to concentrate and thrive. Families affected by the benefit cap and 2 child limit are being driven into poverty with very little way of remedying their situation.

Timeline

26 Oct 2020 Petition opened for signatures
26 Apr 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 581
Status Closed
Department Department for Education
Opened 26 Oct 2020
Closed 26 Apr 2021

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.