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Shadow education secretary Kate Green has called on ministers to come up with a long-term solution after images showed poor quality food parcels.

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Marcus Rashford and top celebrity chefs call for free schools meals review

A food hamper for one child in central Romford. - Credit: Anonymous Parents in Havering and Barking and Dagenham are up in arms about the poor quality of food hampers organised by the government to replace free school meals, comparing it to the food given to animal shelters. A parent in central Romford who wished to remain anonymous said:  "Its shocking, it doesnt equal out [to a normal school meal]. "They assume that everyone has gas and electric to cook the pasta, thats the only meal even....

Kent County Council leaders call for urgent government review on funding guidance for Early Years  |  Updated: 20:07, 13 January 2021 Leaders at Kent County Council (KCC) have written to the government calling for an urgent review of funding guidance for Early Years settings during lockdown. It comes as nurseries are due to hold their annual headcount which determines how much funding they will receive the following year based on the number of children in their care. David Whitehead, from Pot...

IMAGES of woefully inadequate free school meals sent to families were shared online, sparking a Government investigation.

BBC Question Time will air tonight at 10:45pm with the flagship political programme seemingly ditching the virtual locations used during lockdown.

Action should be taken against the food provider which compiled “appalling” free school meal parcels for families, the Home Secretary has said. Priti Patel said Chartwells should be “ashamed of themselves” after images showing the poor-quality hampers were widely shared on social media. She told ITV’s This Morning that the parcels were “appalling in every way”. “I do think the company that were involved with that appalling display of food parcels should be ashamed of themselves ...

Search Home / News / BMO Gam, M&G and Rathbones among £3trn investor group demanding answers on school meals scandal BMO Gam, M&G and Rathbones among £3trn investor group demanding answers on school meals scandal Footballer Marcus Rashford has drawn attention to meagre food parcels being sent to disadvantaged families BMO Gam, M&G Investments and Rathbones are among a £3trn investor group demanding answers on meagre food parcels that have been delivered to financially-str...

Meal scheme will switch for half-term  The free meal system for school pupils will change over the February half term – as the government tries to balance its books by using a different department’s funding for the food. In a switchover that has the potential to spark some administration issues, meals for those that need it will continue, but paid for from a different area. Currently the Department for Education are in charge of providing cash for school meals during the coronavirus outbre...