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Free school meals: Mother’s ‘sadness’ at ‘mean’ food parcel – BBC News
A minister has urged caterers to ‘urgently’ improve the quantity and quality of the food parcels.
image captionEngland and Man Utd footballer Marcus Rashford is a high-profile campaigner for children on free school meals
A mother who posted a photo on social media of a food parcel she received has told of the “sense of sadness” she felt on seeing what it contained.
The mother, who wants to be anonymous, told the BBC: “As I unpacked that food parcel… and looked at the contents, it felt very sad and depressing.”
Chartwells, the firm which supplied the parcel, has apologised.
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