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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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A Scottish council is planning to provide school meals 365 days a year to children from low income families, each parent has to have an income of less than £25,000.
North Lanarkshire Council said its proposal would help tackle "holiday hunger".
The "Food 365" programme would cover the 175 days of the year when lunches are not served in school.
If approved, the council will run a pilot project in the spring break and could then extend the scheme over the summer holidays.
Frank McNally, convener of education, said: "These proposals to tackle weekend and holiday hunger are the most ambitious in the country
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how poverty stricken is this country! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Many won't have the money to feed their children propperly, many will spend funds on booze and fags before feeding their children... "
Think youv been watching too much tory sponsored tv  |
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By *ercuryMan
over a year ago
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"A Scottish council is planning to provide school meals 365 days a year to children from low income families, each parent has to have an income of less than £25,000.
North Lanarkshire Council said its proposal would help tackle "holiday hunger".
The "Food 365" programme would cover the 175 days of the year when lunches are not served in school.
If approved, the council will run a pilot project in the spring break and could then extend the scheme over the summer holidays.
Frank McNally, convener of education, said: "These proposals to tackle weekend and holiday hunger are the most ambitious in the country
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how poverty stricken is this country!"
You say "each parent has to have an income of less than £25000". I assume to qualify?
Therefore the mother and father can each earn £24995 each, combined as £49990, and they would still qualify?? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I had free school dinners, I came from a one parent family, my dad died when I was 9.
The omly income my mum had was her widow's pension, so free school meals helped a lot.
I believe that kids today if they need them should have free meals at school, and this scheme if it can be run properly would benefit a lot of family's.
Kids should not go hungry due to the failings of their parents, maybe parents can be means tested to be eligible.
To be honest there will be no easy way to implement this with out some people abusing it and others decrying it |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Many won't have the money to feed their children propperly, many will spend funds on booze and fags before feeding their children...
Think youv been watching too much tory sponsored tv "
Oh what a silly answer ... here, have your roll eyes back, I don't need them  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"The country isn't poor, otherwise it wouldn't be able to afford to run this scheme, but some of it's citizens are. "
indeed, they have a zero % council tax rise this year also |
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If the evidence supports it, then it could be a good move. We have fractionated government in many ways in the UK, which can mean that people don't get the comprehensive services that are needed. Physical and mental health services or Health and social care services, as examples.
Sometimes it needs one service to provide services that maybe others could have done - it just needed one of them to do it.
Hunger, when without food, doesn't stop on a Friday night, when leaving school. The education system is affected by the nutritional standards that citizens being served by it and probably more importantly, whether these children even have any or sufficient food at all.
We do know that the poorest members of the UK society have been more greatly subject to so-called austerity measures, compared to those who are at the other end of the spectrum. Those seeking benefits have also faced major decreases in benefit levels and can also face sanctions, at the whim of benefit providers, for up to 3 years - even if they secure employment, during part of that 3 years. Should they become unemployed again, the family has no income: as a policy, that should never be accepted in any society that is humane and civilised. We officially leave children of such families to have no money for food or housing. It's abhorrent. Would any sane and decent person think it inappropriate to provide food to starving children? I would surely hope not. |
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By *asyukMan
over a year ago
West London |
"Could a family with an income of £50,000 be considered too poor to feed their child/ children?"
Where do you all come up with this sort of thing? Half read and half remembered information mixes with prejudice.
"The council said research suggests nearly a third of parents earning under £25,000 skip meals in the holidays so their children can eat and almost two-thirds struggle to afford food at weekends and during school holidays." |
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By *imiUKMan
over a year ago
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Food is relatively cheap, rent is not.
I can see no reason not to feed children. Children are the responsability of not only their parents, but society as a whole, because they cannot fend for themselves. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"A Scottish council is planning to provide school meals 365 days a year to children from low income families, each parent has to have an income of less than £25,000.
North Lanarkshire Council said its proposal would help tackle "holiday hunger".
The "Food 365" programme would cover the 175 days of the year when lunches are not served in school.
If approved, the council will run a pilot project in the spring break and could then extend the scheme over the summer holidays.
Frank McNally, convener of education, said: "These proposals to tackle weekend and holiday hunger are the most ambitious in the country
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how poverty stricken is this country!"
Totally agree if Council can they should heart disease in Scotland is highest in UK. Seems to be about education which obviously is lacking. So not to burden NHS in later life feeding the children properly to give them the best start obviously has to be embraced. Parents need to look at themselves re: sorting out the heart disease title of highest in UK. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"should you have children if you cannot afford to look after them, educate them, provide for them"
Yes it's about choice. Life evolves nothing is set in stone. Circumstances change.
Im sure the Lions share of parents have children with the intentionS to bring up best they can with resources available to them. Certain governments would squeeze n squeeze the poorer in communitys making it really difficult. Therfore others having to pick up the slack. It's called society not a dictatorship |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"should you have children if you cannot afford to look after them, educate them, provide for them Yes it's about choice. Life evolves nothing is set in stone. Circumstances change.
Im sure the Lions share of parents have children with the intentionS to bring up best they can with resources available to them. Certain governments would squeeze n squeeze the poorer in communitys making it really difficult. Therfore others having to pick up the slack. It's called society not a dictatorship "
I bought a new Hilux, sometimes have difficulties filling it with fuel,
will Perth & Kinross council help me feed it |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"should you have children if you cannot afford to look after them, educate them, provide for them Yes it's about choice. Life evolves nothing is set in stone. Circumstances change.
Im sure the Lions share of parents have children with the intentionS to bring up best they can with resources available to them. Certain governments would squeeze n squeeze the poorer in communitys making it really difficult. Therfore others having to pick up the slack. It's called society not a dictatorship
I bought a new Hilux, sometimes have difficulties filling it with fuel,
will Perth & Kinross council help me feed it"
Obviously not that could be deemed a luxury. You know materialistic. Thought you on about humanity.??? |
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By *asyukMan
over a year ago
West London |
"should you have children if you cannot afford to look after them, educate them, provide for them
Still struggling to do thinking?
Divorce
Unemployment
Accident
Mental illness
Sickness"
Forgot death |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"should you have children if you cannot afford to look after them, educate them, provide for them
Still struggling to do thinking?
Divorce
Unemployment
Accident
Mental illness
Sickness
Forgot death"
think you also forgot to untwist your panties |
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By *asyukMan
over a year ago
West London |
"should you have children if you cannot afford to look after them, educate them, provide for them
Still struggling to do thinking?
Divorce
Unemployment
Accident
Mental illness
Sickness
Forgot death
think you also forgot to untwist your panties"
That was well worth writing.
When you you wrote the mean spirited and callous comment that you did, was it intended as a hilarious joke or did you just not think? Perhaps you just intended to be mean spirited and callous? |
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By *asyukMan
over a year ago
West London |
"calm down and try not to st st stutter"
Really? Pertinent point. Well presented.
You debate like a 6 year old in a playground. That does explain why Trump is your hero 
I'll post of I'm inclined to but am happy to let you have the last word in this cul-de-sac as it's obviously important to you  |
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By *asyukMan
over a year ago
West London |
"If u can afford kids don't keep having them ...simple ...
exactly "
...and if your partner is on £60000 a year until they get hit by a car and need 24hr care?
...and if you and your partner are made redundant? |
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