Stephen Timms MP, East Ham
Published:
8:45 AM February 20, 2021
MP Stephen Timms is delighted Newham Council has extended its Eat for Free scheme
- Credit: Parliament
Newham Council faces extraordinary challenges. After a decade of central government cuts it now faces all the additional costs of the Covid-19 pandemic.
So I was delighted that, last month, Newham Council chose to extend its pioneering Eat for Free scheme, providing free school meals for all primary children.
Ben Levinson, headteacher of Kensington - Primary School of the Year 2020 - told the Work and Pensions Select Committee in Parliament recently that the scheme is “lifechanging for our communities”.