{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e7b6c6f8023938d509dd904/66fe7b7c0c7c0c79fd2deacb?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Pod Bites: A third of children in poverty denied access to Free School Meals","description":"<p>This week, Kate Anstey, Head of Education Policy at&nbsp;<a href=\"https://cpag.org.uk/child-poverty/causes-poverty?gad_source=1&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwr9m3BhDHARIsANut04ZOzjjDtwlkSZrhcW8VZKmqlqgSsyUpZvt6Msc8BbKIM2UBuw48-nwaAka9EALw_wcB\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Child Poverty Action Group</a>&nbsp;on the latest analysis published this week with&nbsp;<a href=\"https://foodfoundation.org.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Food Foundation</a>&nbsp;The report urges local leaders to do everything they can to ensure more children get a free lunch but say the onus is squarely on the UK government to expand provision of free school meals and end classroom hunger.</p><p><br></p><p>Click <a href=\"https://foodfoundation.org.uk/press-release/70000-children-poverty-yorkshire-and-humber-cant-get-free-school-meals\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> for more information, <a href=\"https://foodfoundation.org.uk/sites/default/files/2023-09/Election%2024_Manifesto.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here for the Food Foundation Manifesto</a> and <a href=\"https://foodfoundation.org.uk/newsletter\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here to sign up to our newsletter</a>.</p>","author_name":"The Food Foundation"}