Salford's mayor said child poverty is a "national scandal" as the council extended a plan to give food vouchers to children during school holidays.
This will be covered from a £2.7 million pot of cash given to the council from the government's Household Support Fund , which will last until September 2024. Salford Mayor Paul Dennett told the Local Democracy Reporting Service at the time that children in the city would go hungry without it. He added: "This is a national scandal and everything we can do through local government is really important.
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