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[Sarge]

Or the Government are being flexible and adaptable in unchartered waters?
Health first, deal with the consequences of the necessary decisions shortly after.

Kemi Badenoch is on now, eloquent and factual much like Rishi.
These new Tories could make life very difficult for the opposition.

hmmm not sure about that , after they voted yesterday to 'let the poor's children starve'?

 

[QR]

Bloody Burnham playing politics....

If trying to look after those on 2/3 minimum wage is politics then so be it.

Is being complicit in denying staving children food 'playing politics'?

 

[Essexyellows]

hmmm not sure about that , after they voted yesterday to 'let the poor's children starve'?

Complete bollox.
More children receive free school meals than under Labour if you look close enough.
Top link is from 2018 to explain how FSM works with UC.

FactCheck: Labour aren’t telling the full story about free school meals

Despite what Labour's claim appears to suggest, this is not a case of the government taking free school meals from a million children who are currently receiving them.

www.channel4.com

Free school meal availability - The Education Hub

The Education Hub is a site for parents, pupils, education professionals and the media that captures all you need to know about the education system. You’ll find accessible, straightforward information on popular topics, Q&As, interviews, case studies, and more.

dfemedia.blog.gov.uk

Trouble is when you start giving something for free folk want more of it....

 

[Essexyellows]

And the memo sent from the Tory whips...

 

[Sarge]

Complete bollox.
More children receive free school meals than under Labour if you look close enough.
Top link is from 2018 to explain how FSM works with UC.

FactCheck: Labour aren’t telling the full story about free school meals

Despite what Labour's claim appears to suggest, this is not a case of the government taking free school meals from a million children who are currently receiving them.

www.channel4.com

Free school meal availability - The Education Hub

The Education Hub is a site for parents, pupils, education professionals and the media that captures all you need to know about the education system. You’ll find accessible, straightforward information on popular topics, Q&As, interviews, case studies, and more.

dfemedia.blog.gov.uk

Trouble is when you start giving something for free folk want more of it....

Marcus Rashford is likely to disagree ?

 

[QR]

Complete bollox.
More children receive free school meals than under Labour if you look close enough.
Top link is from 2018 to explain how FSM works with UC.

FactCheck: Labour aren’t telling the full story about free school meals

Despite what Labour's claim appears to suggest, this is not a case of the government taking free school meals from a million children who are currently receiving them.

www.channel4.com

Free school meal availability - The Education Hub

The Education Hub is a site for parents, pupils, education professionals and the media that captures all you need to know about the education system. You’ll find accessible, straightforward information on popular topics, Q&As, interviews, case studies, and more.

dfemedia.blog.gov.uk

Trouble is when you start giving something for free folk want more of it....

You forget to say... if they are getting free meals whilst at school why do they also need them during the holidays?

 

[Marked Ox]

If trying to look after those on 2/3 minimum wage is politics then so be it.

Is being complicit in denying staving children food 'playing politics'?

I was being sarcastic with reference to previous comments.

 

[Marked Ox]

Complete bollox.
More children receive free school meals than under Labour if you look close enough.
Top link is from 2018 to explain how FSM works with UC.

FactCheck: Labour aren’t telling the full story about free school meals

Despite what Labour's claim appears to suggest, this is not a case of the government taking free school meals from a million children who are currently receiving them.

www.channel4.com

Free school meal availability - The Education Hub

The Education Hub is a site for parents, pupils, education professionals and the media that captures all you need to know about the education system. You’ll find accessible, straightforward information on popular topics, Q&As, interviews, case studies, and more.

dfemedia.blog.gov.uk

Trouble is when you start giving something for free folk want more of it....

You'll support this chap and his "nationalising" kids comment or the one on virtue signalling then:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1318988846818885632

Edit: Angela Rayner was equally moronic by creating a diversionary media story for Johnson's Govt and the right wing media to use.

 

[Essexyellows]

I got free school meals as a child.
You had a little "payment book" because you were the poor kid in the class.
It gave my Mum some flexibility during the week. There were no foodbanks, there was no UC, but there was child allowance.
During the Summer holidays the money she had saved (saved - strange word) was used to feed us.

So where are the parents and their parental responsibility in this discussion rather than the multi-millionaire footballer?

Like I said if something is free folk will always want more than is available...

 

[QR]

I got free school meals as a child.
You had a little "payment book" because you were the poor kid in the class.
It gave my Mum some flexibility during the week. There were no foodbanks, there was no UC, but there was child allowance.
During the Summer holidays the money she had saved (saved - strange word) was used to feed us.

So where are the parents and their parental responsibility in this discussion rather than the multi-millionaire footballer?

Like I said if something is free folk will always want more than is available...

All those people getting ill just so they can used the free NHS. Parasites.

 

[Jerome'SAle]

Didnt think it would be long before it was the parent's fault

 

[RyanioBirdio]

I’m glad Rashford (sorry, I mean unnamed ‘celebrities on twitter’) got called out for virtue signalling, especially after he was recently recommended for a MBE by the very people he kicked in the balls. Thankfully they don’t know what virtue signalling looks like, so could never possibly indulge in it themselves. They recommended him because they liked being kicked in the balls.

Also, here’s an MP who is a trustee for Feeding Britain voting against feeding British kids. I hope she wasn’t virtue signalling by taking up her role in the first place.

About Us - Feeding Britain

Our vision is a UK where no one goes hungry. We want to demonstrate how hunger and its underlying causes can be addressed, and use this knowledge and evidence to advocate for systemic change which eliminates hunger in the UK. Thanks to your generous support, the Feeding Britain network has, in...

feedingbritain.org

 

[QR]

I’m glad Rashford (sorry, I mean unnamed ‘celebrities on twitter’) got called out for virtue signalling, especially after he was recently recommended for a MBE by the very people he kicked in the balls. Thankfully they don’t know what virtue signalling looks like, so could never possibly indulge in it themselves. They recommended him because they liked being kicked in the balls.

Also, here’s an MP who is a trustee for Feeding Britain voting against feeding British kids. I hope she wasn’t virtue signalling by taking up her role in the first place.

About Us - Feeding Britain

Our vision is a UK where no one goes hungry. We want to demonstrate how hunger and its underlying causes can be addressed, and use this knowledge and evidence to advocate for systemic change which eliminates hunger in the UK. Thanks to your generous support, the Feeding Britain network has, in...

feedingbritain.org

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I think Angela Rayner might have the right word to describe her.

 

[Marked Ox]

Didnt think it would be long before it was the parent's fault

Even Nigel Farage thinks this is a good idea:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1319172209403961346

 

[QR]

Even Nigel Farage thinks this is a good idea:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1319172209403961346

Nigel 'James O'Brian' Farage!!

 

[SteMerritt]

And the memo sent from the Tory whips...
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So the argument is 'they didn't do it when in power (under a different leader) so we aren't going to?' That's a bit pathetic really.

 

[QR]

And the memo sent from the Tory whips...
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Doesn't mention that we weren't in the middle of a pandemic when Labour were in powers or that other support was available to families that has subsequently been cut to the bone or completely removed by the tories in the past ten years.

It's pathetic and shows the tories in their true light. Not the we need any further evidence.

 

[Essexyellows]

As a local MP put it................

The Conservatives extended free school meals over the summer holiday this year because most children hadn’t been in school since March and families had been meeting the extra costs of this.
This autumn, the situation is totally different. 99% of children are back in school and have therefore been benefiting from free school meals during term as normal.
Personal responsibility matters - looking after your own family.
The Government is enabling families to budget for this through a responsive and effective welfare system, not free food.

 

[Essexyellows]

Didnt think it would be long before it was the parent's fault

Live within their means.......... they control their destiny and that of their children.
Learn to budget.
Learn to cook.
Prioritise spending.

 

[Marked Ox]

The Conservatives extended free school meals over the summer holiday this year because most children hadn’t been in school since March and families had been meeting the extra costs of this, and because they were shamed into it by a footballer and the subsequent media coverage.

Corrected free of charge for you.