Fair and Square: a free school meal for every child in poverty, including those in working families.
Free school meals are vital for families in poverty and make sure children from the lowest income households get at least one nutritious meal every day. But currently, around 700,000 children in poverty in England are not entitled to receive free school meals, normally because they're in low income working families.
The introduction of the new benefit system, Universal Credit, from October 2013, is a watershed moment for free school meals. This is a real opportunity to make a change that's fair for everyone, and extend free school meals to all families in poverty.
Fair and Square: a free school meal for every child in poverty, including those in working families.
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There are 3.6 million children living in poverty in Britain today - and over half of
those are from working families. So what’s going wrong? Are families mismanaging their
budgets, or is it impossible for them to stay out of poverty in the current climate?
Find out now...
