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Former One Direction star Zayn Malik has called on Rishi Sunak to “give all children living in poverty” a free school meal amid the cost-of-living crisis. The singer, 29, urged the Prime Minister to use his November budget to extend the threshold to include young people from families on Universal…

Bradford-born singer who relied on free school lunches urges PM to extend provision to all families on universal credit

Food Foundation estimates cost of providing free school meals to families who claim universal credit would cost £500m a year

Mum-of-two Kelly Thomson told how she has been hospitalised with malnutrition twice after eating just one meal a day so she had enough to feed her kids, aged 14 and 11

Teachers have said some children are stealing from lunchboxes to stave off hunger

Feed the Future: 80 per cent of educators have noted an increase in the number of pupils arriving hungry during the past six months, according to a new survey

Feed the Future: 80 per cent of educators have noted an increase in the number of pupils arriving hungry during the past six months, according to a new survey

One in four (26%) of households with children experienced food insecurity in September - such as skipping meals, eating less, or going hungry all day - according to research for the Food Foundation

More people – including children – going hungry than during first weeks of Covid lockdown, new data shows