Thread by @SteveBakerHW

@Conservatives will continue to stand behind families, children and the most vulnerable throughout this pandemic

We have invested more than £400 million so far to support remote education, including purchasing 1.3 million laptops and tablets for those most in need

@Conservatives The Government has eliminated barriers to remote learning for our poorest students by working with the country’s leading mobile operators to deliver free internet access...

@Conservatives ...This is on top of the more than 54,000 4G routers that have been delivered to schools and colleges to support families without internet access

@Conservatives The minimum standards for remote learning have been strengthened and the Government has introduced a £1 billion Covid catch-up plan to help schools support children who have fallen behind

@Conservatives Every child eligible for a free school meal will continue to benefit from a healthy and nutritious meal while schools are closed, either through schools providing lunch parcels or through our national voucher scheme which launched today

@Conservatives @BucksCouncil was allocated £967,503.82 as part of the £170 million Covid Winter Grant Scheme to support those hardest-hit families most in need with the cost of food, energy, water bills and other essentials over the winter, including over the February half-term

@Conservatives @BucksCouncil @Conservatives have also expanded our Holiday Activities & Food Programme until Christmas 2021

All children eligible for free school meals are able to join a holiday-time programme that provides food and activities during the Easter and Summer holidays as well as Christmas 2021