In this cost of living crisis, we can’t afford for our children to go hungry at school
There are afternoons when I feel pretty lethargic. Often, it’s because I haven’t eaten enough. It’s a feeling that nobody enjoys, but one that I can fixpretty quicklyby getting a bite for lunch.Yet as the cost-of-living crisis bites, for many families, that is not an option. In April, 2.6 million children experienced food insecurity, according […]
Forced to skip meals – ‘A shocking reality’
Labour’s Catherine McKinnell today said it was a “shocking reality“ that over 2.3 million children fall into the food poverty category in the UK. The MP for Newcastle upon Tyne North made the remarks when opening the debate on child food poverty in Westminster Hall, after a high-profile campaign by England footballer Marcus Rashford. The Manchester Utd forward’s petition: ‘End […]
Marcus Rashford and the rise of the political influencers
Governments and political parties need to recognise the importance of influencers.
Labour needs to keep pressing the case on school meals
Now is not the time to let up – but the opposition should shift the debate onto a surer policy footing
Without more government funding, children will keep going to school hungry
The National School Breakfast Programme is set to run out, unless the government expands funding.
The free-school meals loophole: Government policy leaves low-income children stranded
No-recourse-to-public-funds system leaves children hungry, hits low income families and discriminates against schools with a large migrant intake.
Universal credit cost jumps amid free school meals ‘fiasco’
Iain Duncan Smith’s department faces renewed mockery over its universal credit “fiasco” after it emerged the cost of the reform could increase by up to £750 million.
