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Tories condemned for yet again telling schools not to provide free school meals over half-term
Protestors hang up paper plates carrying slogans calling for the government to extend free school meals provision, outside the Department for Education, in Westminster, London in October 2020
by Lamiat Sabin
Parliamentary Reporter
THE Tories have again announced that schools in England will not have to supply free lunches to children over February half-term, despite its humiliation on the same question last year.
The new government guidance for children learning at home during lockdown who qualify for free school meals comes after photos of meagre lunch provisions were shared on social media earlier this week.
It sparked uproar over apparent profiteering by private firms such as Chartwells commissioned to provide school meals.
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