[AnnieK]

This is a serious question but do parents on benefits still get milk tokens? My sister in law was on benefits when she had my nephew and she did get milk tokens then (he's 15 now). She could spend them on her local shop on anything...

There are many many families living close to the breadline now, if not over it. In many ways things are harder now for families whose children see their better of friends with all the technology there is and hard for kids to understand if their parents can't afford it. I know people who feed their kids and eat virtually nothing themselves but leftovers to try and save money and keep their kids on trend. It's shameful really but just goes to show how times have changed. In the 40s most people who lived in close nit communities were in the same boat financially and there was more of a community spirit, now it's very much every man for himself and who can get the newest gadgets etc....