Submitted on Tuesday 3rd November 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 10th November 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Free School Meals during Christmas 2020
During half term food banks, businesses and councils filled the gap after the Government refused to extend free school meals for children during the half-term.
Statists show nearly 10million people are on furlough and now we’re heading into another lockdown this number could rise.
Already over 70% of children living below the poverty line are from working families, and that figure has risen during the pandemic.
We call on the Government to expand free school meals to all under-16s where a parent or guardian is in receipt of Universal Credit or equivalent benefit and provide meals during the Christmas holiday to ensure no child goes hungry.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign some of these petitions:
Extend free school meals over the Christmas period: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/555597
Fund free school meals over school holidays until April 2021: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/555727
Provide the free school meal entitlement throughout the year: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/555723
End child food poverty – no child should be going hungry: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/554276
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