Rishi Sunak has been handed a lesson in doing the right thing from Poppy, aged seven.
As activists delivered an open letter to No10 about the need for free primary school meals, for which the Mirror campaigns, Poppy wrote: “If you don’t have food, your brain won’t learn.”
Dressed in smart uniforms and holding up red dinner trays, schoolchildren joined the activists outside Downing Street to plead for free meals for all primary school pupils.
Pressure is mounting on Rishi Sunak to overturn strict eligibility rules that mean more than 800,000 kids living in poverty miss out on free lunches.
Dozens of MPs, activists and school children gathered outside the gates of No10 to hand over an open letter to the PM calling for free school meals for all primary school pupils.
Gary Lineker, Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham and London Mayor Sadiq Khan are among more than 240 politicians, groups and faith leaders who are backing the calls - which have also attracted 90,000 signatures from the public.
Children from Monksdown Primary School, in Liverpool, also penned heartfelt letters to the PM to urge him to act to ensure no child is left behind.
