Mothers have begun a five-day starvation strike outdoors Parliament as they demand all children get free faculty meals.
The group of six ladies wish to draw consideration to folks throughout the nation who’re skipping meals to feed their kids. They have revealed a Mothers Manifesto calling for nutritious free meals to be offered in all state colleges.
Other calls for embody rising Universal Credit and the minimal wage, in addition to reversing cuts to the abroad help price range. The starvation strike, which started on Mother’s Day, follows an identical protest they held outdoors Downing Street final yr.
Emma Hopkins, 55, who organised the motion, mentioned: “As mothers, we feel like we should be able to feed children and take care of them and actually, many mothers are not able to do that both in the UK and globally. I think it’s absolutely shameful that so many people here in the UK are struggling to manage to feed themselves – we’ve got millions of children who are below the poverty line in one of the richest nations.”
The mother-of-four from Totnes added: “We will sit outside Parliament with a table with empty plates and knives and forks.
“On the plates we have now written a lot of our calls for and we’re making hearts with kids’s names on to indicate our assist for his or her future. I’m so excited for it, and it’ll actually present how a lot moms are fighting feeding their kids.”
According to 2022 numbers from the Food Foundation charity, 25.8% of households with children had experienced food insecurity within the past month, affecting an estimated four million children in the UK.
The Mirror has led the way in calling for the government to provide free school meals for every primary pupil in England through our Free School Meals For All campaign.