Universal free school meals should be rolled out across England, former children’s commissioner says
First minister Mark Drakeford serving lunches with the school lunch staff during a visit to Ysgol Y Preseli in Pembrokeshire, September 07, 2022
UNIVERSAL free school meals (FSM) should be rolled out in areas of England serving the most disadvantaged young people, a former children’s commissioner said today.
Anne Longfield said schools should no longer have to use “sticking plaster solutions” to tackle child poverty as she called for greater investment.
The report from her Centre for Young Lives think tank contains a series of recommendations on how to reduce the impact of child poverty on millions of children.
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