Absolutely delighted with the Government’s announcement today on children’s food poverty. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-54841316

@MarcusRashford has shown such grace and determination. An extraordinary young man.

This will (obviously) not end poverty, but it will materially improve the diets, health and prospects of millions of children from families who are struggling financially.

The total package is likely to end up at £500 million annually. You can read the evidence behind Healthy Start and the Holiday Food and Activity programme here https://www.nationalfoodstrategy.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/National-Food-Strategy-Childhood-Nutrition-Evidence.pdf

And you can read Part One of the National Food Strategy here. https://www.nationalfoodstrategy.org/ 

There is a lot of heavy lifting still to do to transform our broken food system. Part Two is due in Spring/Summer of next year.