“We see the devastating reality of children coming to school unable to afford to buy lunch, because their family circumstances mean they fall outside the restrictive free school meal eligibility criteria.”
With 2.6 million children living in households that miss meals or struggle to access healthy food, now is the time to expand free school meal (FSM) provision.
Campaigners have written to chancellor Rishi Sunak and education secretary Nadhim Zahawi urging action.
They want to see FSM urgently extended to all families receiving Universal Credit as a stepping-stone to universal provision.
