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LABOUR is right to demand a free school meal for every child whose family receives universal credit.

Hunger at school is a significant problem, one that is only getting worse as government policies are due to push another million children into poverty by 2022.

Hungry children cannot concentrate and the links between poverty and poor educational achievement are well known, with teaching unions having to flag up the effect of hunger on concentration and alertness on a regular basis.

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