County Lib Dems call for action on Free School Meals
Cllrs Jerry Roodhouse & Kate Rolfe questioned the Conservative adminstration of Warwickshire County council to do more in getting support for Free School Meals and to lobby the Government.
Cllr Roodhouse stated that the Goverrnment need to invest more than £2.34 per meal. Jamie Oliver has also been calling for action as quoted by in this link BBC
Cllr Kate Rolfe wanted to know, With inflation for food now at 16% many families are being hit hard financially and free school meals play an increasingly important part in helping those families with children. For families on universal credit the current cut off point for eligibility is a household income of less than £7,400 per year, after tax and not including any benefits. This limit was fixed in 2018 and has not been increased. Will the Portflio Holder lobby government to increase this limit in line with inflation?