Podcast: Why should children pay for school food?

Hot on the heels of the government's announcement Free School Meals are being extended to an estimated 500,000 families in England, our latest podcast explores what impact the policy could have - and what it means for those not included.

The episode features powerful insight from 16-year-old Food Ambassador Rushda Mahmood, Headteacher Reema Reid, of Hollydale Primary School in London, and Sam Rushworth, Labour MP for Bishop Auckland. It is expertly presented by Dev Sharma, a Food Ambassador and UK Youth Parliament, from Leicester.

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