Ask your MP Connor Rand to back Free School Meals for All
Connor Rand, MP for Altrincham and Sale West
Free School Meals for All would ensure every child in primary school gets a hot, healthy and balanced dinner at school every day.
Only 2% of packed lunches provide the nutrition primary school pupils need to learn. For busy parents and carers, this would mean one less thing to worry about and more free time to spend with their kids.
London has already made the extension of Free School Meals permanent for all. So too has Wales, and Scotland for children up to age 10. Now’s the time for the rest of England to follow suit.
Ask Connor Rand MP to back this for every primary school pupil in Altrincham and Sale West.
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Connor Rand, MP for Altrincham and Sale West
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[Your Name]
Dear Connor Rand MP,
I am writing to you as a concerned constituent.
Child hunger is an epidemic in our schools.
Last year, 4.3 million children across the country were living in poverty. Many did not have access to nutritious and balanced meals, or were having to skip meals entirely.
As I’m sure you know, Altrincham and Sale West has one of the lowest rates of child poverty in the country — a cause for celebration. That said, nearly 15% of children in the constituency are still living in poverty — and that’s 15% too much.
I am writing to urge you to back Free School Meals for All so that every child in Altrincham and Sale is guaranteed at least one hot, healthy dinner, every day.
The evidence is clear: Free School Meals for All works. Just look at London’s rollout—families say it's eased their finances, helped their children try new foods, and boosted focus in class.
Expanding this beyond the capital would mean that every child and family across the country gets to reap the benefits.
For the first three years of school, every child in England gets a hot school dinner, and no child under seven wants for food while they’re at school.
But from Year 3 on, thousands of children as young as 7 are missing out on a healthy dinner at school.
The call to extend Free School Meals for All is loud and growing. Over 300 organisations across civil society — including public health experts, trade unions, faith leaders and public figures — agree that a good education stretches from the classroom to the canteen.
In 2020, Scotland pledged to extend Free School Meals for every child in primary education. In 2021, Wales said they’ll do the same. In 2024, Sadiq Khan pledged to extend this in London for good.
It’s time the Government got this done for the rest of England.
Free School Meals for All will ensure every child gets to flourish, no matter where they live.
Connor Rand MP, will you commit to extending Free School Meals for All to every child in primary school in this Parliament?
Let’s make sure every child in our constituency has what they need to succeed.
Yours sincerely,