Government u-turns on free summer school meals

In a win for families across the UK, the government has agreed to fund school meals over the six-week summer holidays to make sure that no child goes hungry.
The campaign to extend free school meals over the summer was led by the School Food Plan, an alliance of organisations that UNISON is a part of. Footballer Marcus Rashford has become a recent champion of the campaign and pushed the government to extend its funding.
Before lockdown, 1.3 million children were eligible for free school meals. N