Government's own advisory committee urges it to extend free school meals

Pressure on the UK government is growing after its own advisory committee on social mobility came out in support of Marcus Rashford’s campaign to extend free school meals, while a former Ofsted chief said the cost was small compared with the amount spent on consultants.

Look if we claim that we give sufficient funds to local authorities to provide for the most needy in their communities and people go hungry we can blame local authorities for that and all failures of public bodies provides good reason to privatize that provision.

Perhaps LiarJohnson will introduce school holiday food vouchers as Tier 4.5 compensation scheme.

Boris and his entire cabinet have told so many lies to the British public that they laughably think that the public can't keep track and see through their dishonesty. DissolveTheUnion indyref2

Or we could look into why we waste so much first?

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The government have provided extra funding to local authorities specifically to support vulnerable families. They're already doing what people want them to do, but clearly this doesn't fit with the anti-Tory narrative being pushed by those riding the Rashford bandwagon.

why didn't the govt consult with them before making their decision. Shouldn't this body be first point of call BEFORE taking action. Is Boris making his decisions without referring to his own advisory that's cowboy leadership firing from the hip and its dangerous

Thank you MarcusRashford leading from the front. Hope your mother is proud of you 💜💕💙❤️🤍🤎🧡

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