It has been warned that tackling child poverty and hunger will not end with the extension of the FSM voucher scheme, as many families face financial hardship exacerbated by the coronavirus lockdown.
It comes as a study out this week has found that 43 per cent of families claiming Universal Credit or Child Tax Credits have already cut back on food because of the lockdown. On-going problems with delivery of the FSM vouchers and reduced access to affordable food have not helped.
A new £120 million “Covid summer food fund” was hastily announced on Tuesday (June 16) by the prime minister’s spokesman as the government responded to intense pressure from campaigners over its plans to cancel the scheme at the end of the summer term.
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