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One in four teachers spending own money to feed hungry pupils as parents struggle with costs
child eating food at lunch
Child poverty

One in four teachers spending own money to feed hungry pupils as parents struggle with costs

Backed by celebrities including Jamie Oliver, charities are calling for free school meals to be expanded to all primary school children
No recourse to public funds traps families like mine in poverty. It's time the government ended it
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Uche

No recourse to public funds traps families like mine in poverty. It's time the government ended it

I live month to month, fighting to get out of debt – this is the reality of life on the breadline
person and child
Izzy

I live month to month, fighting to get out of debt – this is the reality of life on the breadline

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan recalls receiving free school meals as a child: 'I was lucky'
Free School Meals

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan recalls receiving free school meals as a child: 'I was lucky'

Inside the primary school 'food shop' ensuring children don't go hungry over summer break
Food poverty

Inside the primary school 'food shop' ensuring children don't go hungry over summer break

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
More than two thirds of teachers worry children will go hungry this summer: 'Beyond heart-breaking'
child pulling hair of another child who is eating
Child poverty

More than two thirds of teachers worry children will go hungry this summer: 'Beyond heart-breaking'

Will free school meals and vouchers be offered over the summer holidays?
Free school meals/ Easter holidays
Free school meals

Will free school meals and vouchers be offered over the summer holidays?

'You can hear your stomach growling': Kids call on next government to do more to end child poverty
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General election 2024

'You can hear your stomach growling': Kids call on next government to do more to end child poverty

The Lib Dems don't go far enough – we need free meals for all school children, campaigners say
Stock image of children eating out of lunchboxes to illustrate an article about free school meals
General election 2024

The Lib Dems don't go far enough – we need free meals for all school children, campaigners say

Free school meals: Who is eligible? And how do you apply? Here's all you need to know
Free school meals
Free school meals

Free school meals: Who is eligible? And how do you apply? Here's all you need to know

Sure Start centres helped poorer children do better at GCSEs – before being decimated by Tories
children at Sure Start centres
Education

Sure Start centres helped poorer children do better at GCSEs – before being decimated by Tories

'You need food to survive': London borough becomes first in country to give free school meals to all
Free school meals

'You need food to survive': London borough becomes first in country to give free school meals to all

Summer Survival Guide: How to get through the summer holidays in the cost of living crisis
summer holidays illustration
Summer survival guide

Summer Survival Guide: How to get through the summer holidays in the cost of living crisis

Michael Gove couldn't spend £1.9bn to tackle the housing crisis. So here’s 10 things the money could be spent on instead
Michael Gove leads DLUHC
Government spending

Michael Gove couldn't spend £1.9bn to tackle the housing crisis. So here’s 10 things the money could be spent on instead

90,000 people sign open letter to Rishi Sunak demanding free school meals for all
free school meals for all
Week of action

90,000 people sign open letter to Rishi Sunak demanding free school meals for all

Free school meals for all would generate billions for the economy. Here's why
Free school meals illustration
Week of action

Free school meals for all would generate billions for the economy. Here's why

These countries offer free school meals for all – so why can't the UK?
Free school meals
Week of action

These countries offer free school meals for all – so why can't the UK?

Seven in 10 children in families on universal credit are not eligible for free school meals
Free school meals/ universal credit
Free school meals

Seven in 10 children in families on universal credit are not eligible for free school meals

Why MP Zarah Sultana is fighting for free school meals
Zarah Sultana gives a speech standing behind a lectern with
Free school meals

Why MP Zarah Sultana is fighting for free school meals

Zayn Malik calls on Rishi Sunak to offer free school meals to all children in poverty
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Free school meals

Zayn Malik calls on Rishi Sunak to offer free school meals to all children in poverty

Children are 'eating rubbers and stealing food' at school because they are hungry
Child in class/ Hungry in school
Cost of living crisis

Children are 'eating rubbers and stealing food' at school because they are hungry

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Expanding free school meals for all children on universal credit could bring billions in economic gains, government told
Free school meals/ Easter holidays
Free school meals

Expanding free school meals for all children on universal credit could bring billions in economic gains, government told

Labour would bring in free breakfast clubs at every primary school in England
Image of children eating/ Breakfast clubs/ Labour/ Childcare
Childcare

Labour would bring in free breakfast clubs at every primary school in England

Free school meals pupils earn less than their peers - and the gap only widens as they get older
Free school meals

Free school meals pupils earn less than their peers - and the gap only widens as they get older

National food strategy won't expand free school meals to another 1.1 million children, despite recommendations
Social Justice

National food strategy won't expand free school meals to another 1.1 million children, despite recommendations

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