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Child poverty is a real issue. Although the government are saying they'll help and school meals etc etc

I don't think it is enough. How will parents save £500 a year? I don't see that happening or see parents actually feeling the relief when it happens

For starters I have a 17 year old and a 10year old and they have always had school meals. The quality of it is never great and I have noticed a decline in school lunches over the years...most kids don't like it. Of course its better than nothing but there are times my child misses lunch because it's so awful or there's nothing left other than a wee sandwich. If there was a way the government could give parents a voucher like the free milk n veg voucher and that vouchers get used for lunch items in supermarkets such as pasta a sauce pesto cold meat fruit cheese salad vegetables to make a home made soup think of the quality and quantity of food you can make a soup can last a few days pasta can be kept a few days or left overs be eaten later that day as some kids don't have dinner. It's a bit like give a man a fish he'll eat for a day...teach him to fish and he'll never be hungry. Instead of just giving kids poor school lunch. Equip families with recipes and things vouchers that can only be used for food for lunch. Encourage then to make healthy lunches for their kids. They can make a batch of soup freeze some away they can make tortilla cheese and ham or beef chilli and it can make filling quesidilla make big pot of pasta a different sauce every day..kid will be healthier and families won't need to struggle at dinner time. Let parents SEE this help