Education Secretary 'absolutely disgusted' by free school meal parcels and says national voucher scheme will return

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straight to your inbox every day for freeManchester United star Marcus Rashford is continuing his campaign to help underprivileged children, joining forces with celebrity chefs and Hollywood royalty.Wythenshawe born Rashford is calling on the Government to review its policy on free school meals.He was joined by TV chefs Jamie Oliver, Tom Kerridge, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, as well as the actress Dame Emma Thompson, in writing a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson.The letter, which calls on

confirmed that the scheme will return from next week, something that many schools and parents have been campaigning for. It means that schools or councils working with Edenred UK can get gift cards for supermarkets to allow parents to choose what to spend the money on.The move comes after a picture of one mum's food parcel caused uproar after she shared it on social media, with the 'meagre' contents slammed as 'woefully inadequate'.

called out the parcels as 'woefully inadequate' and 'just not good enough'. It came after one mum shared a photo of what she received in her food box, with the contents including a loaf of bread, two carrots, two bananas, a single tomato, one can of beans and a small amount of pasta.

hereRoadside Mum Sarah has since welcomed the response from education food service provider Chartwells, telling the BBC: "It's a very positive step that they're going to look at where gaps have occurred, why they have occurred and seek to resolve them."In Prime Minister’s Questions today, Labour Leader Keir Starmer blasted the government’s handling of the food parcels provided to struggling families.“The Prime Minister says that the parcels are disgraceful but it shouldn’t have taken social

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parents sharing similar photos of their own parcels.

Earlier today we reported how the issue had been raised by @RoadsideMum on Twitter, who shared a photo of her parcel, provided in lieu of a fortnight's worth of supermarket vouchers, which she estimated to be worth around £5. She wrote: "Issued instead of £30 vouchers.

school meal parcel. Parents of children who would normally qualify for free school meals are being given food packages as schools once again close for remote learning.