Children not eligible for free school meals are coming to school with mouldy bread, empty wraps and in some cases nothing at all, according to teachers who told the Guardian they had never seen such desperation in the communities they serve.
Accounts of widespread hunger in classrooms come as analysis by the Liberal Democrats found more than 100,000 children in England may be missing out on free school meals.
“The government is snatching school lunches away from children by stealth,” said Munira Wilson, the Lib Dem education spokesperson. She argued that, had the
