Podcast: 250,000 reasons to fix school food

Did you know 250,000 children from deprived backgrounds in England are missing out on their statutory right to a hot meal at school because of red tape?

To find out why and what can be done about it, we spoke to Professor Maria Bryant, of Fix Our Food, the University of York's five-year research programme, Myles Bremner, CEO of Bremner and Co, Labour MP Peter Lamb, Liberal Democrat councillor Gerald Vernon-Jackson, Deputy Chair of the Children and Young People's board at the Local Government Association and Rhett, a single father who reports from the frontline of food poverty.

The episode is presented by our 16-year-old Food Ambassador Keira, who has lived experienced of food poverty and knows just how important a hot, nutritious meal at school can be.

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