Sadiq Khan – 2022 Comments on Free School Meals

The comments made by Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, on 19 June 2022.

Free school meals were something my family relied upon – and every child in London deserves that safety net.

With the summer holidays on the horizon it is essential that the Government act now to reinstate the meal voucher system to give families dignity and nutritional choice over the summer. This should then be followed by the introduction of universal free school meals for all primary school children from the start of the new school year in September.

Multiple London councils are already leading the way on this and showing what can be done if we put the health and wellbeing of our young people first in such perilous economic times. It is time for the Government to step up.