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Tell us: are you helping UK school children get free meals?

About 1.3m children in the UK are entitled to free school meals but there are fears some have been unable to access them.
About 1.3m children in the UK are entitled to free school meals but there are fears some have been unable to access them. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo

Marcus Rashford continues to put pressure on the government to extend its free school meals voucher system for low-income families over school holiday periods.

However, the scheme has been criticised as being hard to use, sometimes leaving local initiatives to plug the gaps, as cafes and restaurants across the UK offer to provide free food during the school holidays.

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