This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Re-discuss extending free school meal plan for school children until Easter 2021
Today, the government voted NOT to extend the free school meal plan to help feed the poorest children in the U.K.
For many children, school meals can be the only meal they get that day. Yet our MP’s have their lunches subsidies by the taxpayer.
COVID-19 has had a detrimental effect on our lives.
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More and more people in the U.K. will lose their jobs and in turn, be unable to feed their families.
14% of adults living with children have reported moderate to severe food insecurity in the past 6 months, an increase from 11.5% pre-COVID. Between March and August, 673,000 people in the U.K. became unemployed. This will only get worse as the pandemic continues. We need to make sure this is implemented without hesitation to prevent further food poverty in the U.K.
END FOOD POVERTY NOW!
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You may wish to sign some of these petitions:
Fund free school meals over school holidays until April 2021: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/555727
Provide the free school meal entitlement throughout the year: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/555723
End child food poverty – no child should be going hungry: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/554276
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