Families desperate as holiday food vouchers ‘axed’, teachers warn

Footballer Marcus Rashford's victory on school meals is crumbling as English councils drop schemes

Councils across England are quietly" axing holiday food voucher schemes for children on free school meals, which has left many families desperate this half-term, headteachers and charities warn.

It took a massive public campaign, led by the Manchester United and England footballer Marcus Rashford, to force Boris Johnson into a U-turn in November 2020 on feeding children from the lowest-income families during the school holidays.