Claim: Analysis by the Children's Society has found that more than 1 million children living in poverty would miss out on a free school meal because of the cliff edge.
Fact-check: Free school meals and Universal Credit - Full Fact
Verdict: this comes from a rough estimate of how many children could receive free school meals under the new income threshold, compared to the number of children living in poverty. it is not a calculation of how many will miss out compared to the old benefit-linked system.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Hannah Phaup
Date published: 2018-03-29T00:00:00