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Tougher lockdown measures - dubbed Tier 6 - are reportedly being considered by the Prime Minister as coronavirus case numbers continues to soar. The Prime Minister announced the start of the latest national lockdown on Monday, January 4 - an attempt to quash case numbers as they spiral out of control.
But since then the daily figures have continued to produce disturbingly high numbers of new cases and - tragically - deaths.
On Tuesday, the Government announced that there had been another 45,533 cases confirmed in the past 24 hours, while there was also a further 1,243 deaths - the second highest daily death toll reported so far. This brings the UK total to 83,203 deaths.
Spare pasta & tomato. Will need mayo for pasta salad. Issued instead of £30 vouchers. I could do more with £30 to be honest. pic.twitter.com/87LGUTHXEu Roadside Mum (@RoadsideMum) January 11, 2021 Today Health Secretary Matt Hancock told BBC Breakfast the meals provided were clearly inadequate . He stated: “Well it’s clearly inadequate isn’t it? The company’s apologised and rightly so. “Frankly, this is one of the good things about social media, this could surface so quickly, and then colleagues in the Department for Education (DfE) were on it straight away. And they spoke to the company immediately and the company have apologised and it got sorted out.
Rashford, 23, who forced the Government to continue free school meals throughout the summer and Christmas holidays, said: “If families are entitled to £30 worth of food, why is their delivery only equating to just over £5? One child, or three, this what they are receiving? Unacceptable.
“Children deserve better than this.”
He added: “Then imagine we expect the children to engage in learning from home. Not to mention the parents who, at times, have to teach them who probably haven’t eaten at all so their children can. We must do better.
Yesterday Downing Street said the contents of some of the parcels sent to families were “completely unacceptable”. Children’s Minister Vicky Ford promised to look into the matter.