Marcus Rashford has called out the government over its scant food parcels for schoolchildren
There were some darkly comic, but nonetheless outraged, reactions.
We need to stop giving private companies money for food, they are clearly trading it for crack. https://t.co/u1j80hFNNy
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) January 12, 2021
Some people might be taken aback to see the public purse charged £30 a head for approximately £5 worth of school dinners.
But it's a price myself and @BBradley_Mans are willing to pay, to stop the other £25 ending up in the pocket of a Mansfield crack dealer. https://t.co/SjMG0HOB3k
— Michael Govern Ready (@mikegove12) January 11, 2021
I for one am amazed that a government that tried to avoid feeding hungry kids and wasted billions on private companies should have paid £30 for insufficient free school meals worth £5.22. https://t.co/JBogjRbfm5
— David Schneider (@davidschneider) January 11, 2021
I see Rashford is on the case of the scant free school meals hampers. Be sorted by Tuesday tea time now.
— Mitten d'Amour (@MittenDAmour) January 11, 2021
Those school meals have a bigger profit margin than cinema popcorn
— •• (@agirlcalledlina) January 11, 2021
Educational catering firm, Chartwells, implied something had gone wrong at a school level.
Thank you for bringing this to our attention, this does not reflect the specification of one of our hampers. Please can you DM us the details of the school that your child attends and we will investigate immediately.
— Chartwells (@Chartwells_UK) January 11, 2021
Jack asked them for more information.
With all due respect, this isn’t the only photo in circulation. Perhaps you could clarify the situation by posting a pic of what your food parcels -should- look like? Because I’ve had hundreds of pics that look just like this one. Over to you.
— Jack Monroe (@BootstrapCook) January 11, 2021
They have yet to respond, but there was a statement from the government.
We are looking into this.
We have clear guidelines and standards for food parcels, which we expect to be followed. Parcels should be nutritious and contain a varied range of food.https://t.co/ZBdJZqxdfK https://t.co/9sfxHPX9RJ
— Department for Education (@educationgovuk) January 11, 2021
Emma Kennedy had an idea.
Dear anyone in govt, go look at what @BootstrapCook can get for £20 to feed her family then hire her to be in charge of food parcels for people living in poverty. This isn’t difficult.
— Emma Kennedy💙 (@EmmaKennedy) January 12, 2021
Journalist Jon Stone had a bleak conclusion.
The only difference between this and stealing food from a child in person is that they’re definitely going to get away with this because they always do https://t.co/Vic8S931DF
— Jon Stone (@joncstone) January 12, 2021
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