The chancellor @RishiSunak insists he is not blocking the provision of free school meals over the holidays including Christmas. What is striking is that his billionaire father-in-law NR Narayan Murthy has spoken of “our responsibility to ensure every kid is fed properly”... 
And more than that, Murthy is a supporter of an important Indian charity Akshaya Patra, which works to “end classroom poverty in India” - as is his wife Sudha, Sunak’s mother-in-law, who “actively facilitates the mid-day meal programme” (see attached). The reason I...
mention this is that the impressive Indian charity has just opened a kitchen in Watford and has just started delivering free meals to a school in North London (see @guardian theguardian.com/education/2020…). In other words a charity backed by Sunak’s family is helping...
to feed poor hungry children in the UK when the government of which Sunak is a member has been resisting @MarcusRashford’s campaign to extend its provision of free school meals.
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