- 05/12/2024
- Posted by: Amanda Hack MP
- Category: News
The image shows Amanda Hack MP, praising the hard work of our school staff during a debate on breakfast clubs in the House of Commons on Monday 18th November
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Amanda Hack encourages schools to sign up for a free breakfast club.
Applications opened last week for local schools to join the ‘early adopter’ rollout for free breakfast clubs.
Last week, the Labour Government continued its commitment to breaking down barriers for young people. Local schools in North West Leicestershire can now apply to join the ‘early adopter’ rollout of free breakfast clubs, which will provide children with a hot breakfast meal, and families with 30 minutes of quality childcare ahead of the start of the school day.
Previously, only one in seven primary schools in England had breakfast clubs, and more than two in five non-working mothers said that they would prefer to work if they could arrange convenient, reliable and affordable childcare. Over half of parents say they have problems finding formal childcare that is flexible enough to fit their needs.
Amanda Hack Said:
“Every child deserves the best start to their day, and every family deserves the support to balance work and home life. These new breakfast clubs will ensure that children are ready to learn, while giving parents the flexibility they need. This is a real step forward in breaking down the barriers to opportunity.
I have written to all of our primary schools in North West Leicestershire to encourage them to be part of the 750 ‘early adopters’ who will help to shape the programme, which is due to commence in April.
Evidence shows that providing a healthy breakfast at the start of the school day can contribute to increased concentration and improved well-being and behaviour. Together, these breakfast clubs will boost parents’ work choices and children’s life chances.”
The Government is also developing an ambitious strategy to reduce child poverty and give children the best start in life, which will be published in the spring. The Taskforce led by the Work and Pensions Secretary, and Education Secretary are looking at all available levers across government to drive forward short-term and long-term actions to reduce child poverty.
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As Lent comes to an end and we move into the Easter weekend, I want to wish Christians everywhere remembering the death and celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ a very happy Easter.
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I wonder what Jesus would say about choosing to plunge 250,000+ disabled people into poverty rather than making billionaires pay tax 🤔
Do Kier Starmer's words mean anything to anyone? I think not! He is a snake saying one thing one day and the opposite the next. Persecuted Christians in Jerusalem and Gaza especially the Al Alhi Baptist Hospital, bombed by Israel at the start of the war and again over the past days. Christ taught us to love one another but our Government together with those despicable idiots in the States have only been spreading persecution and war in order for their friends to get rich selling weapons of war.
Fantastic to welcome James Murray, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, to Coalville yesterday and to showcase our proud industrial heritage.
A huge thank you to our former miners for taking the time to meet with James before we headed out to speak to local residents with our brilliant candidate Rebecca Pawley for Coalville North!
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Do hope you were able to raise the outstanding issue of fairness and equality for BCSSS pensioners in relation to those of MPS with the Treasury minister.
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