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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan

Zayn Malik demands free school meals for 800,000 kids in powerful letter to Rishi Sunak

Former One Direction superstar Zayn Malik has urged Rishi Sunak to offer free school meals to hundreds of thousands more needy children.

The 29-year-old, who relied on free dinners growing up in Bradford, West Yorkshire, issued a plea to the Prime Minister to widen the scheme in next week's Autumn Statement.

Around 800,000 kids living in poverty in England miss out free school lunches due to strict eligibility rules, according to research by the Child Poverty Action Group.

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