Milk tokens
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You have to be on Income support (or JSA I think) to be able to get them. You only get them for 6 weeks after baby is born too as far as I remember. I got them when I was pregnant for 7 pints of milk a week (when I couldn't work) and then when I put Damien onto formula you get tokens for tins of formula, but I only got them for 6 weeks. If you bf you just continue to get milk tokens for 7 pints a week.
hope that helps
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hope that helps
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Sarah&Braydon
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i didnt get them 
lol
lol
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Hmmmm we don't get them and our taxcedits are worked out on 12,500 
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Probably should!! Cheers for letting me know!
Found thid on Citizens advice website
Milk tokens
Some people on low incomes can get milk tokens which can be exchanged for free milk.
You can get free milk tokens if you are at least ten week's pregnant and you are getting Income Support or income-based Jobseekers Allowance. You will also qualify if you get Child Tax Credit but are not getting Working Tax Credit and your income is low enough. If you are a member of the family of someone who is on these benefits, and you are pregnant you can also get free milk tokens. A member of the family in this case is an opposite-sex partner, same-sex partner or dependent child of the person who is getting one of these benefits.
Free milk tokens are also available if you are breastfeeding a child under one, and you (or a member of your family) get Income Support or income-based Jobseekers Allowance. Also, if you get Child Tax Credit but are not getting Working Tax Credit and your income is low enough.
If you get Income Support or income-based Jobseekers Allowance, any of your children who are under five are entitled to free milk tokens. If you get Child Tax Credit, your income is low enough, and you are not able to get Working Tax Credit, your children under five are also entitled to milk tokens.
If you are an asylum seeker being supported by the National Asylum Support Service, you cannot get milk tokens, but if you are pregnant or have a child under three, you will get an extra payment for milk or infant formula.
Milk tokens for children are issued automatically if you are eligible.
If you are claiming milk tokens because you are pregnant, you should fill in a claim form and have it approved by a health professional for example, a midwife. The form is in the leaflet 'Free milk for pregnant women' which you can get from your midwife or doctor or from the Department of Health website at www.dh.gov.uk
If you think you are entitled to milk tokens and dont receive them, or you have any other problems with milk tokens, you should consult an experienced adviser, for example, at a Citizens Advice Bureau. To search for details of your nearest CAB, including those that can give advice by email, click on nearest CAB.
Free vitamins
Some people on low incomes are entitled to free vitamins. You can get free vitamins if you are pregnant or breastfeeding a child under one, and you are getting Income Support, income-based Jobseekers Allowance, or you are on child tax credit (and not entitled to Working Tax Credit) and your income is low enough. You can also get free vitamins for a child under five if you are on Income Support, income-based Jobseekers Allowance, or Child Tax Credit (but not entitled to Working Tax Credit) and your income is low enough. You can get free vitamins from child health and maternity clinics.
Milk tokens
Some people on low incomes can get milk tokens which can be exchanged for free milk.
You can get free milk tokens if you are at least ten week's pregnant and you are getting Income Support or income-based Jobseekers Allowance. You will also qualify if you get Child Tax Credit but are not getting Working Tax Credit and your income is low enough. If you are a member of the family of someone who is on these benefits, and you are pregnant you can also get free milk tokens. A member of the family in this case is an opposite-sex partner, same-sex partner or dependent child of the person who is getting one of these benefits.
Free milk tokens are also available if you are breastfeeding a child under one, and you (or a member of your family) get Income Support or income-based Jobseekers Allowance. Also, if you get Child Tax Credit but are not getting Working Tax Credit and your income is low enough.
If you get Income Support or income-based Jobseekers Allowance, any of your children who are under five are entitled to free milk tokens. If you get Child Tax Credit, your income is low enough, and you are not able to get Working Tax Credit, your children under five are also entitled to milk tokens.
If you are an asylum seeker being supported by the National Asylum Support Service, you cannot get milk tokens, but if you are pregnant or have a child under three, you will get an extra payment for milk or infant formula.
Milk tokens for children are issued automatically if you are eligible.
If you are claiming milk tokens because you are pregnant, you should fill in a claim form and have it approved by a health professional for example, a midwife. The form is in the leaflet 'Free milk for pregnant women' which you can get from your midwife or doctor or from the Department of Health website at www.dh.gov.uk
If you think you are entitled to milk tokens and dont receive them, or you have any other problems with milk tokens, you should consult an experienced adviser, for example, at a Citizens Advice Bureau. To search for details of your nearest CAB, including those that can give advice by email, click on nearest CAB.
Free vitamins
Some people on low incomes are entitled to free vitamins. You can get free vitamins if you are pregnant or breastfeeding a child under one, and you are getting Income Support, income-based Jobseekers Allowance, or you are on child tax credit (and not entitled to Working Tax Credit) and your income is low enough. You can also get free vitamins for a child under five if you are on Income Support, income-based Jobseekers Allowance, or Child Tax Credit (but not entitled to Working Tax Credit) and your income is low enough. You can get free vitamins from child health and maternity clinics.
