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<p style="direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Equality Trust Releases Cost of Inequality Report</b></span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>What does inequality cost the UK? </b></span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>£128.4 Billion each year</b></span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>What if the richest used their wealth for the common good? Presented by The Equality Trust.</b> </span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I have a query on the urgent issue of providing Free School Meals in the UK (including during holidays).
According to the UK House of Commons library article, <b>In 2021/22 there were 4.7 million people, or 7% of the UK population, in food poverty, including 12% of children. In 2022/23, the Trussell Trust, a charity and network of foodbanks, supplied the highest
recorded number of three-day emergency food parcels.</b></span></p>
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<b>“Food poverty: Households, food banks and free school meals” </b>. This paper provides statistics on household food insecurity, food bank usage and free school meals in the UK, and tracks the impact of rising living costs.</span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>What is the logic of tax cuts for the Billionaires when the UK government says that they cannot afford
universal free school meals during holidays?</b> I do not have any knowledge in economics , so my apologies for my ignorance on this. </span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I fully support the idea of universal free school meals . I request the UK government to urgently take
steps to make provision of Free School Meals to all students (till Year 13) in all UK schools.</span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I request the UK Government to introduce a new wealth tax for all UK Billionaires to fund this. Even
a 1 percent wealth tax on UK Billionaires wealth (£600bn) will generate 6 Billion pounds! This Billionaire wealth tax funding will help easily make possible Free School Meals to all students (till Year 13) in all UK schools.</span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">It is unfair that a few billionaires are able to accrue such a staggering amount of the nation’s wealth
when more than <b>4.3 million children are living in poverty in the UK.</b> I request the kind support of all UK Political parties and UK Government to help make possible Free School Meals to all students (till Year 13) in all UK schools.</span></p>
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<b>From:</b> Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 12 May 2024 07:57</div>
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<b>Subject:</b> Thank you to UCAS for waiving the application fee for students in receipt of free school meals</div>
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<p style="direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I would like to thank Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) for the launching new initiatives
to encourage students from low-income families to apply for university. The total number of young people eligible for free school meals is growing but this group's entry rate is at its lowest level since 2019. </span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I am grateful to UCAS for waiving the university application fee for students in receipt of free school
meals.</span></p>
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https://www.ucas.com/corporate/news-and-key-documents/news/ucas-announces-new-initiatives-encourage-students-low-income-families-apply-university</a></span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This is a great initiative from UCAS to support students from low-income families discovering and applying
to higher education. I thank all UCAS colleagues for their kindness and timely help.</span></p>
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First generation students are more likely to be from low-income backgrounds.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Reinstate maintenance grants in England for those who need them most</b> to ensure future students have the same opportunities as those of previous generations. </span></li><li style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>Correct maintenance loans to reflect real rates of inflation</b> and adjust the household income threshold, which has been frozen since 2008.</span></li></ul>
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<p style="direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I request the UK Government and all UK universities to provide more full scholarships for students from
low-income families and first generation students (first in family to go to University) in all UK universities.</span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Access to quality education opportunities is key for getting rid of poverty and enabling broadly shared
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<b>From:</b> Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 06 May 2024 20:25</div>
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<b>Subject:</b> Social Mobility Awareness Day 2024 - Please support the Universities UK campaign supporting first generation students</div>
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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Social Mobility Day exists to promote wider conversations about social mobility and
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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Social mobility creates a more equal and fair society. Where opportunities to excel
and achieve are available to everyone, regardless of where they started out in life. The aim of this day is to improve awareness of what social mobility is, why it is important, and how organisations can take action.</span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I would like to thank Universities UK for launching the campaign supporting first generation
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<b>Correct maintenance loans to reflect real rates of inflation</b> and adjust the household income threshold, which has been frozen since 2008.</div>
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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I have been working and championing over a decade to provide more number of full scholarships
in UK universities for UK students from economically poor families and first generation students (first in family to go to university) in the UK.</span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I humbly request the UK government to share a clear action plan for ensuring the right
to quality education opportunities for the <b>4.3 million children currently living in poverty in the UK.</b> Access to quality education opportunities is a human right. There is a need for focused policies at the UK Government level about equitable education
with a binding on Universities and the Higher Education Institutes to comply.</span></p>
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<b>Billionaire Britain 2022: Inequality from the top down</b> published by Equality Trust might be of interest. Details at <u><a href="https://equalitytrust.org.uk/news/equality-trust-finds-1000-increase-billionaire-wealth" id="OWAa3dcab93-5aae-8fa2-590a-e060111548e6" class="x_x_x_OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">https://equalitytrust.org.uk/news/equality-trust-finds-1000-increase-billionaire-wealth</a></u></span></p>
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<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I request the UK Government and all UK universities to provide more full scholarships
for students from economically poor families and first generation students (first in family to go to University) in all UK universities.</span></p>
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