Major rule changes mean all Universal Credit claimants will now be able to claim free school meals for their children.

Meals are being made available over half a million more children in a bid to help tackle child poverty.

And figures show this could have a big impact in the West Midlands, which has one of the highest claimant counts in the country.

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Parents will be able to claim meals for their kids if they are on Universal Credit . Currently, a household must earn less than £7,400 a year to qualify.

Recent statistics show that in Birmingham , a quarter of adults (25%) receive Universal Credit, while the rate is only slightly lower in

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