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So, Boris Johnson has flatly rejected @MarcusRashford call for free school meal help to be given to poor kids over Christmas and other holidays.
No.10 spokesman: “It’s not for schools to regularly provide food to pupils during the school holidays..."
No.10 spokesman: “It’s not for schools to regularly provide food to pupils during the school holidays..."
Full story: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/marcus-rashford-free-school-meals-holidays-christmas_uk_5f883c91c5b681f7da1f27bb?xt">https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/mar...
Meanwhile, the public are backing @MarcusRashford and his petition. Looks like it will easily hit the 100k signatures needed *within a single day*.
Reminder: the first week alone of @RishiSunak Eat Out To Help Out Cost scheme cost almost as much as a whole summer of free school meals https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/eat-out-to-help-out-free-school-meals_uk_5f3259aac5b64cc99fddd64a?ncid=other_huffpostre_pqylmel2bk8&utm_campaign=related_articles">https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/eat...
Now Gordon Brown weighs in.
"Marcus Rashford deserves all our support in requesting that children who receive free school meals should benefit from the Holiday Activities and Food programme during the midterm break and the Christmas holidays as well as in the summer holidays.
"Marcus Rashford deserves all our support in requesting that children who receive free school meals should benefit from the Holiday Activities and Food programme during the midterm break and the Christmas holidays as well as in the summer holidays.
"We hope we can see an immediate response from the Government before the autumn break to support low income UK families as we approach one of the toughest winters on record.
" I also support action to deliver the three objectives Marcus has chosen from the report of the food strategy review."
