Four and a half million children are growing up without basic necessities in the UK.
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Tracking child poverty will be harder without a clear way to measure it.
Around 418 million children globally receive a free school meal.
If the government is serious about tackling child poverty, their policy choices need to include the abolition of the two-child limit on benefits.
Universal free school meals improve health, boost learning and tackle child poverty—yet England lags behind in rolling them out.
The introduction of breakfast clubs for all primary school children is welcome, but the government should go further in providing free school meals.
Swimming and cycling ability declined while there was a rise in eating sugary snacks according to new research.
Measures need to focus on reducing social segregation in schools.
From soup and semolina to Jamie’s school dinners: the changing face of school meals in the UK.
Widening access to free school meals would be an investment in England’s children.
Expanding free lunch programs could also reduce stigma for students, lower administrative burdens for schools and create jobs for communities.
These efforts are growing due to the coronavirus pandemic. They involve partnerships with school districts, food banks and other institutions.
Some young people feel their voices and experiences during the pandemic have not been heard.
The importance of diet to a child’s development cannot be overstated.
Your view depends on whether you see poverty as the result of individual or policy failings.
If children are not given the nutrition they need, there are long-term effects on their health.
Despite the success of relief efforts by the government and civil society, it’s clear that hunger and food insecurity remain at disturbingly high levels in households.
Free school meals have been an issue since 1906.
The millions of US children whose parents can’t always afford enough nutritious food for their families get about a quarter of their calories from what they eat at school.
There is a stigma attached to free school meals that causes parents to abstain from claiming them
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