Dame Prue Leith’s call for lunchboxes to be banned in schools has prompted a strong reaction from Independent readers, many of whom accused her of pushing the state further into territory that should be left to parents.
The 86-year-old former Great British Bake Off judge said she wanted to see free, compulsory school meals for every child, and admitted her proposal to ban packed lunches altogether was “draconian” – but argued lunchbox contents simply can’t be policed.
