Don't show me this message again✕ A new poll suggests primary school teachers believe more children have gone hungry during the pandemic than before (Getty) Tackling child hunger is “about equal access to opportunity in society”, according to the head of a nationwide breakfast club scheme. Richard Hutton, who leads a programme providing tens of thousands of pupils with breakfast every day, told The Independent it is “hugely unfair” that some pupils arrive at school in an unfit state to learn due to food poverty. Mr Hutton made his remarks after new research from YouGov and the Greggs Foundation painted a stark picture of food poverty during the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting impact on children’s education.