Exclusive: children in England coming to school with mouldy bread and sometimes nothing at all as eligibility for free meals frozen
Children not eligible for free school meals are coming to school with mouldy bread, empty wraps and in some cases nothing at all, according to teachers who told the Guardian they had never seen such desperation in the communities they serve.
The harrowing accounts of widespread hunger in classrooms come as analysis by the Liberal Democrats found more than 100,000 children in England may be missing out on free school meals (FSM) because the income ceiling for eligibility has been frozen for four years, at a time when costs have soared.
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