Ashton MP Angela Rayner has urged the government to extend free school meals once again.
The February half term is quickly approaching and the government have yet to extend the scheme to cover the holiday.
Angela, Labour’s Deputy Leader, said: “Almost a year into this pandemic children should not be in this situation yet again, worried about going hungry during the school holidays.
“The Prime Minister condemned the disgraceful food parcels that hungry children have been given, yet now he is planning to leave them without free school meals.
“The government voted against free school meals in October, had to be shamed into extending support over the Christmas holidays and now they are letting down our children again.
“We should not even be having this discussion. Instead of dragging their feet and leaving millions of families in the lurch again the Government must make sure that no child goes hungry this half term.
Last week Labour forced a vote in Parliament to guarantee children receiving the full value of the free school meals scheme including during school holidays, with Conservative MP’s abstaining on the motion.
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