Some Jewish children are surviving on just a bagel for lunch due to school meal funding problems, the Government’s antisemitism adviser told Parliament.
News emerged this week that a second kosher caterer has withdrawn its services from 18 Jewish schools in London due to spiralling costs.
As hundreds of pupils from deprived areas go without hot meals, bakeries stepped in to provide them with lunchtime bagels.
Independent peer Lord Mann told peers in Westminster: “There’s currently some Jewish children having to survive, due to the funding formula, on a bagel every dinner time.
“Is that acceptable? And if not, which minister is going to sort it out?”
