Free school meal food parcels: these are the nutrients children should be getting

By Hazel Flight, Programme Lead Nutrition and Health, Edge Hill University

Debate over the provision of free school meals in England – which has erupted at several points during the past year – resurfaced once again this week. Parents reported that £30 vouchers, intended for the purchase of school lunches for two weeks, had been replaced with food boxes which appeared to contain far less than £30 worth of food.

Images circulating on social media prompted outcry and a commitment from the government to return to the

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