HEALTHCARE leaders representing hundreds of thousands of doctors, nurses, midwives, dieticians and health support staff have backed a call from teachers and campaigners for more kids to get free school meals. 

The Feed the Future campaign, endorsed by the British Medical Association (BMA) and the Royal Colleges of Nursing and Midwives, is calling on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Education Secretary Gillian Keegan to protect young people “as the nation faces its worst cost-of-living crisis in generations.”

In today’s open letter, the campaign warns that “healthcare professionals see the impact of hunger and malnutrition in their work every day.”