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School have become creative and they send out a weekly survey to reach every student who will need a free or reduced lunch. [137] In the UK, footballer Marcus Rashford pushed the government to extend free school meals over the summer holidays in August. It was voted out at first, by 61 votes.
In March 2020, nurseries, schools, and colleges in the United Kingdom were shut down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. By 20 March, all schools in the UK had closed for all in-person teaching, except for children of key workers and children considered vulnerable. With children at home, teaching took place online. [1]
5 April – Figures released by the UK government show the number of absences from school in England because of COVID are stabilising, with 179,000 pupils (about 2.2%) absent on 31 March, down from 202,000 (about 2.5%) in mid-March. [61]
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The UK government unveils a new Health and Social Care Tax to help address the patient backlog and shortfalls in social care provisions. Northern Ireland will receive an extra £400m per year from the tax, but plans for its introduction are criticised by parties in Northern Ireland as "inequitable" and "regressive".
1 January – The UK government announces that all primary schools in London will remain closed for the start of the winter term. [1]2 January – Teaching unions have told primary school staff it is unsafe to return to school and urged them to implement remote learning as pressure grows on the government to keep schools closed for the first two weeks of January following its decision to do so ...
The call to ban packed lunches comes amid claims they are contributing to childhood obesity. Prue Leith sparks debate about whether schools should ban packed lunches [Video] Skip to main content
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