Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has called for all children in households on universal credit to be given free school meals.
Health Secretary Therese Coffey made two points about free school meals to the Today programme.
Eligibility for universal credit depends on various factors, but it is certainly possible that a single parent with two children paying about £200 a week in rent could be eligible for some universal credit.Chief executive of charity The Food Foundation, Anna Taylor, is backing the Feed the Future campaign.
She told the BBC her charity had heard from teachers that some children have been "stealing from the canteen" to save money, and that children had told the charity they are "sharing their meals with their fellow classmates" as they do not have enough to eat.
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