Rishi Sunak has come under increasing pressure to extend free school meals to all children whose families receive universal credit, as new polling suggested two-thirds of MPs back the policy.
As the cost of living crisis bites, the government is facing mounting calls to offer free meals to all of the 800,000 such children who are currently shut out of the scheme because their family’s income is more than £7,400 a year after tax, excluding benefits.
The Independent has partnered with the Food Foundation for its Feed the Future campaign, calling for free school meals to be given to all children in poverty in England. Nearly 225,000 people have so far signed our petition.
