'We can only afford to buy one school meal a week for our daughter'
"It's not just an increase in one or two items, it's every single thing," Ali who has turned the heating off upstairs in their terraced home to lower their bills, said.
"For a lot of children and teenagers, school has been the only place to stay warm, feel safe and get a decent hot meal and now schools can barely offer that."Stories that we’re hearing about young people only getting one proper lunch a week because that’s all their families can afford are becoming more and more commonplace and yet seemingly, very little is being done to combat this and protect the most vulnerable in society.
In Scotland, all students can get free school meals between reception and year five, regardless of their parents’ income.
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