Rant
The first thing I read this morning was the letter written by Marcus Rashford, 22 year old England footballer, to all MPs in Parliament. He was giving a voice to the 200,000 children entitled to free school meals who are likely to go hungry over the summer holiday, without the continuation of the free meal voucher scheme. As a child who grew up in poverty in Manchester, he recognises and understands the effect of hunger on the children and the impact on the mental health of parents of not being able to provide for their children, particularly those parents who have lost their employment income as a result of the lockdown for Covid-19, or those on zero hours contracts who have been unable to work. If children are to be able to thrive, they need their basic needs met first (food, clothing, a safe place to live), before they can begin to focus on their learning, in order to try...