Boris Johnson is hinting he’ll give more cash for hungry kids. But he’s refusing to expand a £15 voucher scheme, we still don’t know how many people it will help – and it’s too late for free school meals this half term
Boris Johnson is hinting at a U-turn after public outrage at his refusal to help hungry kids in the holidays.
The Prime Minister faced fury after 322 Tory MPs voted down a bid to continue free school meal vouchers to Easter 2021.
Now he may be budging after pressure from bishops, peers, campaigners, his own party and of course, Marcus Rashford.
The Tory leader has hinted he could head off anger by pumping more money into councils, instead of giving vouchers directly.
That would allow them to expand a holiday club scheme, which was piloted last year, to the most vulnerable in England.
But would this actually stop hungry kids slipping through the cracks? And is it what Marcus Rashford wants?
