Don’t fall for Labour’s school meals distraction.

It’s not about child poverty — it’s about silencing MPs over brutal PIP and Universal Credit cuts.

Austerity is back, and this time it’s wrapped in a free lunch. Read the truth.

#DisabilityRights #Austerity #VoxPolitical #LabourCuts #PIP #FreeSchoolMeals
https://voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=98458

At last - and I am glad they are doing this in England (the artice confuses England with the UK of course) - and telling people about it.

'Hundreds of thousands more pupils will be given free school meals, in a £1 billion package to tackle the “stain” of child poverty.’

In Scotland, free school meals for all P1-P5 children are the norm as well as those whose families are on Universal Credit and Income support

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/education/article/free-school-meals-extended-to-all-families-on-universal-credit-b63shmrvd (archive )

https://www.europesays.com/uk/102372/ Talent is everywhere in Britain – opportunity is not #Britain #Education #England #FreeSchoolMeals #GreatBritain #jobs #LearningAndEmployment #london #NorthernIreland #Opinion #poverty #Scotland #UK #UnitedKingdom #Wales

We Demand Universal Free School Meals - We #AintAsking
https://www.change.org/p/we-demand-universal-free-school-meals-we-aintasking?recruited_by_id=cc35bdd0-221f-11f0-90ad-a38df754dfc8&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_medium=native

#SchoolMeals
#FreeSchoolMeals

Thousands of Lancashire residents 'unable to afford food' as cost of living crisis bites
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/thousands-of-lancashire-residents-unable-to-afford-food-as-cost-of-living-crisis-bites/ar-BB1lGkol?ei=16

#Poverty
#Lancashire
#FoodPoverty
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#CostOfSurvivingCrisis
#HouseholdSupportFund
#HSF
#FreeSchoolMeals
#HolidayMeals
#HolidayMealVouchers
#Tories
#Labour

Mothers go on hunger strike outside parliament over child food insecurity | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/mothers-go-hunger-strike-outside-parliament-over-child-food-insecurity

#Mothers
#HungerStrike
#FoodInsecurity
#FoodPoverty
#Poverty
#ChildPoverty
#FreeSchoolMeals
#UniversalFreeSchoolMeals
#UniversalCredit
#FoodFoundation
#SaveTheChildren
#Malnutrition

The Guardian view on food poverty: charities can’t take the state’s place
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/the-guardian-view-on-food-poverty-charities-can-t-take-the-state-s-place/ar-BB1iZtZj?cvid=313d36fe29ab43d9903270029290fb16&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=8

#FoodPoverty
#Charities
#FoodBanks
#Poverty
#FoodFoundation
#Inequality
#CostOfLivingPayments
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#CostOfSurvivingCrisis
#2ChildLimit
#HouseholdSupportFund
#FreeSchoolMeals
#FreeSchoolMealsCriteria
#TrussellTrust
#Housing
#Nutrition

#FreeSchoolMeals ‘cut #obesity and help #ReadingSkills’ in #England, study finds

#Labour MPs call to extend provision to every primary pupil in England after study finds #health and #learning improve
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/04/free-school-meals-cut-obesity-help-reading-skills-england-study-finds

Councils warn of end to free school meals during holidays due to funding cut
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/councils-warn-of-end-to-free-school-meals-during-holidays-due-to-funding-cut/ar-BB1hn8NT?cvid=87a8e867a77d49c4bcc779ca19450889&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=7

#FreeSchoolMeals
#Holidays
#HolidayMeals
#Poverty
#FoodPoverty

Senior citizens can’t have free glasses or hearing aids. Children can’t have free lunches at school. The money is needed to help Israel commit genocide in Gaza and the West Bank.
#Gazagenocide #US #usa #israel #m4a #FreeSchoolMeals #choices

Some comprehensive schools ‘more socially selective than grammars’ | Education | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/jan/11/some-comprehensive-schools-more-socially-selective-than-grammars

#GrammarSchools
#ComprehensiveSchools
#SocialSelection
#SuttonTrust
#FreeSchoolMeals
#FSM
#SocialSegregation

Over a Million Free Meals Delivered Over Christmas in London as Sadiq Khan Demands More Government Support This Winter – Byline Times
https://bylinetimes.com/2024/01/04/over-a-million-free-meals-delivered-over-christmas-in-london-as-sadiq-khan-demands-more-government-support-this-winter/

#Poverty
#Khan
#FreeHolidayMealsProgram
#FoodPoverty
#FelixProject
#FreeSchoolMeals
#London

"I think that once you say that every child needs to get a healthy school meal every day – whether they’re, rich, poor, in a deprived neighbourhood or wherever – that’s a minimum standard that would make quite a lot of sense in Europe.
It’s not left or right, or liberal or green, it’s really just a smart thing to do.”
Peter Defranceschi, SchoolFood4Change
#FreeSchoolMeals #SchoolDinners #Children #EUPolitics

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/13/children-should-get-one-healthy-school-meal-a-day-say-eu-experts?CMP=GTUK_email

This is so wonderful. Every state should be implementing programs like this. https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/09/14/universal-free-school-meals-keeping-massachusetts-students-more-awake-during-class/ #FreeSchoolMeals #FeedTheChildren

Jamie Oliver calls for free school meals to be extended across England
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/sep/04/jamie-oliver-calls-for-free-school-meals-to-be-extended-across-england?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#FreeSchoolMeals

Schoolkids in 8 states can now eat free school meals, advocates urge Congress for nationwide policy

https://apnews.com/article/free-school-meals-0c927f491b2ee9d4ce7e04b44da79e51

Massachusetts passes budget that would make free school meals permanent

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/free-school-meals-students-budget-massachusetts/

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