Hollywood star Kate Winslet has urged the Government to provide free school meals to all children whose families cannot afford them.
The Titanic actress, 47, was adding her voice to similar calls by the Mirror and the National Education Union, who say all primary-age kids should get free dinners.
Campaigners say such a move would end child hunger and help boost children’s life chances.
Under the current system, all children in England can get free school meals up to the end of Year 2. But after that they only qualify if their household claims certain benefits.
Pupils in Universal Credit families are only eligible if their parents earn less than £7,400 a year from work.
Around 800,000 kids living in poverty in England miss out on free dinners due to strict eligibility rules, says the Child Poverty Action Group.
