Southwark Labour Vote Against Extending Universal Free School Meals

The Southwark Liberal Democrats brought a motion to Wednesday’s council assembly which called for free school meals to be extended to all secondary school children.

The motion also called for Southwark Council to…

• provide emergency funding to food banks,
• restore the meals on wheels service
• distribute slow cookers to vulnerable residents

Labour councillors in Southwark unanimously voted against the Lib Dem motion.

Commenting, leader of the Southwark Lib Dems Cllr Victor Chamberlain said: “In this vote, Southwark Labour had a chance to support the kind of radical policies we need to help our residents through the current crises. Instead, they have opted for their trademark lack of ambition. Our residents do not stop being hungry at the age of 11. The council must step in to help every household have access to a hot meal this winter.”