Child poverty cash

I have read that the Government wanted to spend the money towards free school meals, but that was not allowed. I suppose that they then could not be bothered to find another way to spend it.

As the grandaughter of a miner, I am no fan of Scargill, but I agree with Grandad1943, Scargill was never going to get reported honestly by the right wing press, certainly during the time of Thatcher, also remember there was not social media, no FB to refute the worst statements and allegations made by papers like the Daily Mail. This does not in anyway mean I supported Scargill.
Back to the point of the thread, it is incredible that money available was not used, or are we to assume that people are being left to struggle and go hungry to save the government's face, because acceptance of funds would mean acknowledgement of the problem?

Callistemon it need not have been spread over the whole UK.
Any help for any children in poverty would be welcome, in my view.

By the way, another thread on this topic was started by mistake.

It doesn't have any discussion of miners and/or unions on it, tho.

It's here :
www.gransnet.com/forums/news_and_politics/1264223-EU-money-for-UK-poverty-not-used-by-UK-Tory-government

The Social Metric Commission have said that.

4 million people in the U.K. are trapped in “deep poverty”

Meaning that their income is 50% BELOW THE OFFICIAL POVERTY BREADLINE.

This includes 2.3million children.

This is almost entirely down to the austerity measures imposed by this government.

Tell me? How much is Brexit costing?

Then look those children in the eye and say it is worth it. If you can do so you are not fit to be a member if the human race.

Surely if it could not have funded Breakfast clubs or free school meals (and why the hell should it? The first are often subsidised by local firms and the second are surely the responsibility of the British government) it could have gone to foodbanks or any of the other organisations that help to feed and clothe the poorest children. At the best this is inefficiency at the worst it is deliberate and an attempt to manipulate the figures on EU funding.

Free Breakfast Clubs in Wales - it sounds an excellent idea. However, although the food may be free, parents have to pay £1 per child for the half hour of care they receive.

I still think the Sure Start centres could have benefited from the money. Perhaps some could have been re-opened.

My DGC's primary is in a deprived area of the North East. No breakfast clubs and no after school clubs either.

gillybob it's not the area that causes that. I worked in a very deprived area where the head established one of the very first Breakfast Clubs which eventually morphed into a sort of Community Cafe run by the parents and families. It takes a lot of commitment and dedication from a good team leader and a strong supportive staff to do those things.

I know its not down to the area trisher but my DGC's primary are on to their 3rd head in less than a year and I think its a case of the staff doing what is expected of them but no more. Many of the parents are either out of work or working long hours in (mostly) menial jobs. My DGC have not been able to get into a school close to home which means that picking up and dropping off is very difficult and mostly down to me. I have spoke to the school about starting something but they really don't seem interested.