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Teachers in Wales campaign for free schools meals
A lunch tray in a school canteen

TEACHERS in Wales are campaigning for every schoolchild to receive two free school meals a day and for more government funding targeting pupils from poor families.

The NEU Cymru policy conference in Swansea called on the Welsh government to make sure “no child is left behind” by the education system at the union’s annual conference at the weekend. 

Senior Wales policy officer for NEU Cymru Mary van den Heuvel said: “Our members have rightly highlighted the challenge of child poverty here in Wales. 

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