More than 30 influential education leaders have written a letter to ministers urging the government to support footballer Marcus Rashford’s campaign on free school meals. Rashford has already successfully campaigned for free school meals to be...
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Child poverty increases in England across the north and Midlands
Child poverty has shot up in towns and cities across the north and Midlands of England, fuelled by stagnating family incomes and the spiralling cost of housing, an analysis has found. Although deprived inner-London boroughs such as Newham and Tower...
Surge in number of UK children applying for free school meals
There has been a surge in the number of UK children registering for free school meals, with an estimated 1 million pupils recently signing up for the first time, according to food poverty campaigners. Analysis by the Food Foundation thinktank...
My working week: ‘One woman is forced to pay off debts with sexual favours’
The past six months in my job working to help people targeted by loan sharks have been busier because of the pandemic. Read the full article on this link to The Guardian Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on...
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