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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Anna Fazackerley

Families desperate as holiday food vouchers ‘axed’, teachers warn

The footballer Marcus Rashford visiting FareShare in Greater Manchester in 2020. He forced Boris Johnson’s government into a U-turn on feeding children during school holidays.
The footballer Marcus Rashford visiting FareShare in Greater Manchester in 2020. He forced Boris Johnson’s government into a U-turn on feeding children during school holidays. Photograph: Fareshare/Mark Waugh/PA

Councils across England are “quietly” axing holiday food voucher schemes for children on free school meals, which has left many families desperate this half-term, headteachers and charities warn.

It took a massive public campaign, led by the Manchester United and England footballer Marcus Rashford, to force Boris Johnson into a U-turn in November 2020 on feeding children from the lowest-income families during the school holidays.

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