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The Welsh Government has extended the availability of free school meals during school holidays up to and including the Easter 2021 break at the cost of £11million.
£700,000 has also been made available to ensure equivalent services at further education colleges.
Education Minister, Kirsty Williams (Lib Dem, Brecon & Radnor), said: “We have worked tirelessly this year to respond to the coronavirus pandemic and the countless challenges it has presented but we have not, and will not, forget those for who school is about far more than education.”
The announcement was welcomed by Manchester United footballer, Marcus Rashford, who has been a vocal campaigner against child poverty and has called for England to follow suit. He said: “No child in 2020 should be sat in a classroom worried about how they are going to access food during the holidays, and the impact that will have on their parents when matched with unemployment, ill-health and, in some cases, personal loss.”
