It's what it can and should do, which is to extend the benefits to those families living on the edge, living in poverty for things like free school meals, healthy start vouchers, holiday activity and food programmes. at the moment, the threshold is £7,1i00 pre—benefit household income is way too low, it's been too low for years and it's even worse now, the lowest in the uk, and the government really should be moving now to increase that threshold. that's what they could do to help people now. you threshold. that's what they could do to help people now.— to help people now. you have been m...