Senior Tory admits: Government ‘misunderstood’ public mood on free school meals
Sir Bernard Jenkin said the government will probably have to think again on it, particularly if there's going to be more votes in the House of Commons.
Sir Bernard Jenkin said the government will probably have to think again on it, particularly if there's going to be more votes in the House of Commons.
"If you change your policy now, we can ensure that no child goes to bed hungry on Christmas Day."
Now The Mill in Stokesley, near Middlesbrough, has banned Tory MPs Matt Vickers, Simon Clarke, Jacob Young - and Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whose constituency the pub falls in - “for life”.
Parallels have not been hard to find after the government voted down attempts to provide free school meals for hungry kids.
Use the money to feed hungry kids, one person suggested.
“We have a significant number of children who will be directly affected by this decision.”
"They've screwed the elderly. Those in their 20s. Students. GCSE kids. Now anyone with a rumbling tummy at a school desk."
"As we are still very much living in the shadow of the pandemic, vouchers are a lever which could be used to reach families across the country in the immediate time ahead," she said.
MPs rejected the motion by a majority of 61.
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