School meal
If children shouldn’t eat on public transport, the implication is that they should eat at home. But what and where is home? Writer Rebecca May Johnson asks.
Campaigners fear thousands go hungry when families get trapped in the immigration system.
Almost one in every seven British children starts secondary school feeling lonely “often".
Austerity Bites: As millions of children return to school, many parents are struggling to cover expensive uniforms, stationery, sports equipment, school lunches and other costs incurred during term time. Uniform banks across the country can provide cheaper alternatives, however many parents find themselves falling into further debt to cover costs. Changes in the benefit cap also mean that some vulnerable families can no longer rely on free school meals.
But charities say we can't 'lose sight' of underlying financial issues.
Plans to create new grammar schools across the country are now firmly dead in the water
Families, already trying to survive on low incomes, will be made hundreds of pounds worse off
'No family should be worrying that their kids are going hungry at school.'
Almost one million children who are living in poverty in England don’t currently get free school meals
Charities claim up to a million youngsters will lose out