Over 300,000 families could lose access to vital Healthy Start vouchers because of major flaws in the switch from paper coupons to Mastercard, the Mirror can reveal.
As the cost of living crisis deepens, the Department for Health has extended its £4.25 a week food voucher scheme for another year to support parents at risk of falling into poverty.
In doing so, it’s shifted from a paper voucher scheme to a digital bank card – meaning parents will get their payments automatically, and any remaining monies at the end of each week can be accumulated for future use.
