Exclusive: Experts warns Labour’s free school meal expansion will skip over a key cohort of disadvantaged children
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Exclusive: Experts warns Labour’s free school meal expansion will skip over a key cohort of disadvantaged children
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“There is often half the month where I'm making ends meet with my credit card,” confessed Kirsty, a single mother of three. “Money runs out quickly.”
Experts say children may not receive the meals they are eligible for
More than 1 in 4 children are living in homes where people are forced to skip or cut back on meals because of financial concerns,…
Polling comes out as Labourrolls out hundreds more free breakfast clubs at schools
‘I’m a taxpayer and my children will grow up and pay tax, but when they need support now, they’re deserted’
The government will reform how schools get targeted disadvantage funding as part of an attempt to tackle the gap in achievement…
Education secretary Bridget Phillipson has said the current system ‘designed 10 years ago for a small number of children is now…
