A joint-union letter, signed by UNISON, calls on the government to take an urgent interim step and increase eligibility
free school meals
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Area organiser Jack Horwood set up Help Out When School’s Out, an online search tool connecting families to local businesses providing half-term meals
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While welcome, it should not be left to charity from individuals and organisations to put food in children’s mouths
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UNISON members across the county borough council helped in an ambitious scheme to fill the gap left by free school meals
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UNISON welcomes decision to provide funding for free school meals during the summer
These new rules will mean families in work – including many UNISON members – will be penalised through losing free school meals if they work more hours or get a pay rise.
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UNISON backs Children’s Society campaign against changes to free school meal eligibility in England which could stop up to one million children qualifying
‘Parents will hope this latest assurance is a promise David Cameron actually gets to keep’
UNISON has campaigned long and hard for universal free school meals
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UNISON is backing a petition calling on the government to keep universal free school meals for infant children in English schools