Feeding Birkenhead is working tirelessly to prevent poorer families and individuals falling into the clutches of destitution. Frank Field MPLabour, Birkenhead• Your article (Council pilots free school meals at weekends, 17 February) states that the proposed scheme in North Lanarkshire is the first of its kind in Britain. However, around 1969 or 1970 I was part of a project to provide free school meals to schoolchildren on weekdays during the long summer holidays. Participants were “free school meals” children during term time. It makes me sad that 50 years later parents’ incomes aren’t enough to provide sufficient food for their families.

Source: The Guardian March 01, 2018 18:11 UTC