is set to force a Commons vote on the extension of free school meals on Wednesday, after the Government refused to prolong the scheme during October half-term.is available to support hard-pressed families and suggested that research from holiday clubs shows that parents prefer to pay a small sum for food than be given it for free.But Labour is warning that more than a million children are ‘at risk of going hungry’ amid major concerns around UK poverty during the coronavirus crisis.
Labour is calling on Boris Johnson’s Government to continue directly funding free school meals over the holidays until Easter 2021 to ‘prevent over a million children going hungry during the coronavirus crisis’.supports HTML5 video The Welsh Labour Government has pledged to provide free school meals during the holidays until Easter next year.
Over a million children could go hungry over half term and Christmas holidays if free school meals aren’t extended., and vote with Labour tomorrow to extend free schools meals.Any petition which attracts more than 100,000 signatures means it must now be considered for debate by MPs, under Parliamentary petition guidelines.
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