Support the Lib Dem Call to provide Free School Meals

The coronavirus pandemic has brought new focus on the issue of child hunger, but this is a not a new problem. The absence of any support equivalent to free school meals in the holidays is a long overlooked problem. Now families have the added worry of how they will access school meals during lockdowns too.

It is an absolute travesty for children to go hungry, on any day of the year.

Liberal Democrats are calling for

• Free school meals to every pupil whose parents or guardians are in receipt of Universal Credit
• Food vouchers for every one of those pupils in every school holiday and during any period of lockdown
• Free school meals to pupils from low-income families whose parents or guardians have no recourse to public funds and destitute asylum seekers

Sign the petition here.