The National Education Union is proud to work with The Mirror on a joint campaign – Free School Meals for All. We demand that no child in primary school face the pain and distress of going hungry. Children cannot learn if they are not eating properly and, despite the best efforts of parents and carers, spiralling living costs are pushing families to the edge.
Children have started the new school term in the midst of the greatest cost of living crisis in a generation. Child poverty numbers are creeping towards four million as the cost of food and fuel spirals. Shamefully, we are witnessing the re-emergence of Victorian illnesses like rickets. Something must be done.
