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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Ellis

‘We’ve got a lost generation’: Tom Kerridge on the importance of providing free school meals

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Tom Kerridge is perplexed. “Look, in the past three years, £17m has been spent on subsidising MPs’ meals in the Houses of Parliament – 17 million quid!” he says, his voice tightening. “So we’ve got the MPs eating subsidised lunches and dinners, but we’re not giving free school meals to kids whose parents are on universal credit…” The chef shakes his head in bewilderment. “And you know, if you think that’s correct, then we’re at a wrong point in society.”

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