900,000 children under lockdown will lose free school meals, warns Labour
Nearly one million children in areas under Tier 2 and Tier 3 restrictions are set to lose access…
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Defy Johnson over free school meals, Labour urges Tory backbenchers
Labour has called on backbench Tory MPs to defy Boris Johnson’s government and vote with Labour to support…
Labour calls for free school meals to be extended over holidays until spring
Labour is calling for free school meals to be extended over holidays between now and spring 2021, covering…
Child hunger doesn’t stop for the holidays. Extend free school meals
NHS surcharges for migrant workers. The A-level results fiasco. The evictions ban. The government has been forced to…
More U-turns, and government continues campaign to deprive children of food
Anyone else feeling dizzy? This government has done so many U-turns that 2020 feels like some sort of…
Pitch perfect
It didn’t take long for that entirely predictable U-turn on free school meals during the summer holidays to take place.…
Starmer hails “another welcome U-turn from Boris” on free school meals
Keir Starmer has hailed the government’s changed position on free school meals during the summer holidays as “another…
PM resists calls to extend free school meals despite mounting pressure
Labour launched a ‘Holidays Without Hunger’ campaign over the weekend, with a petition demanding that the government continues funding free…
Why free school meals and Marcus Rashford’s intervention matter
As one of a small number of MPs who received free school meals, I know better than most…
The school meal voucher scheme must continue over the summer holidays
There was a dire, unacceptable food poverty emergency even before the Covid-19 pandemic. Now coronavirus and its economic…
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