Iceland boss urges Sunak to extend free school meals as ‘critical priority’

Richard Walker, managing director of Iceland, is standing to be a Conservative MP and sits on the prime minister’s business council. Photograph: David Parry/PA

Rishi Sunak should extend free school meals to all families on universal credit to help with the cost of living crisis, the boss of the UK supermarket chain Iceland has said.

Richard Walker, who is also standing to be a Conservative MP and currently sits on the prime minister’s business council, said he would like to see free school meals extended as a “critical priority”.