Education

The bill, introduced by South Shields Labour MP Emma Lewell-Buck, will go forward for its second reading on February 5th 2021.

Rashford campaigned for the continuation of free school meals during lockdown to ensure the 1.3 million children reliant on free school meals avoided holiday hunger.

A survey conducted by Childwise found that as many as 2.2 million children aged 8-17 are registered for free school meals, with 42% of these children being newly registered for the scheme.

This year has been a challenging year for school caterers who have continued to overcome issues caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Magic Breakfast is a charity that provides healthy breakfasts to an estimated 50,000 vulnerable children who would otherwise go hungry.

Alongside the likes of Heinz, Deliveroo and Kellogg’s, Mars Food will be calling on the Government to introduce greater equality to the UK food system that has been worsened by the Coronavirus pand

At the same time, it is urging that the scheme is extended to all 4.7m children in state-funded primary schools to increase their intake of fruit and veg and get them into the habit of eating it.