The provision of free meals to children during the school holidays dominated the headlines this weekend, with many surmising that the government has scored a massive own goal as Brits step in to “feed the kids”.
The Guardian leads with “scores” of councils pledging to feed disadvantaged children, with the paper reporting anger against the government’s refusal to extend free school meals is growing.
GUARDIAN: Councils step in to feed children as anger grows #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/xnLcLSJnVS
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) October 23, 2020
The i talks about the “kindness of strangers” with the paper reporting on the “extraordinary” response to a campaign led by Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford.
Saturday's front page: Public steps in to stop children going hungry#iweekend #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/uFf3G5MyxI
— i newspaper (@theipaper) October 23, 2020
While the Independent reports that Rashford is continuing to exert pressure on the Prime Minister, while the Daily Mirror writes the public has “shamed Tory MPs”.
INDEPENDENT DIGITAL; @MarcusRashford piles pressure on PM over free meals #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/UbOEkYrZqx
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) October 23, 2020
Tomorrow's front page: Caring Brits: We'll feed the kids#tomorrowspaperstodayhttps://t.co/kyTPVyFoBf pic.twitter.com/bG42mmjcyX
— Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) October 23, 2020
And the Daily Star mocks up a scoreboard with “Britain 1 Bozo & Co 0”.
Tomorrow's front page: UNITED! UNITED! #TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/NFlykngOLc pic.twitter.com/bR7jRs68Km
— Daily Star (@dailystar) October 23, 2020
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