| Replacement “Free Lunch†boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers 20:10 - Jan 11 with 7996 views | ElderGrizzly |
The cost is about £5.22. For 10 days of food.
Have the Government done what the Government do again and pay a private company a fortune for next to nothing?
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| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:17 - Jan 11 with 892 views | BlueBadger |
| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 21:51 - Jan 11 by 26_Paz |
Abuse is never called for |
Not even if someone does something REALLY heinous, like say that nazis are bad and there's no place in decent society(not Decent Society, mind) |  |
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| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:19 - Jan 11 with 890 views | BlueBadger |
| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 21:51 - Jan 11 by 26_Paz |
Abuse is never called for |
Also: QED.
No concerns for the 'mental health' of families expecting to feed their kids on starvation rations, but nasty names is bad. | |
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| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:21 - Jan 11 with 881 views | BlueBadger |
| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:07 - Jan 11 by StokieBlue |
What are your thoughts on the fiver quid lunch box for a 10 days?
SB |
....aaaaaand he's gone again. Terrible slow internet he's got there. | |
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| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:23 - Jan 11 with 877 views | 26_Paz |
| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:07 - Jan 11 by StokieBlue |
What are your thoughts on the fiver quid lunch box for a 10 days?
SB |
I was against free school meals in the holidays. I’m not against them in term time!
It can’t be right that that is for 10 days. If correct it’s absolutely ridiculous and needs to be fixed as soon as possible. |  |
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| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:23 - Jan 11 with 873 views | BlueBadger |
| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:23 - Jan 11 by 26_Paz |
I was against free school meals in the holidays. I’m not against them in term time!
It can’t be right that that is for 10 days. If correct it’s absolutely ridiculous and needs to be fixed as soon as possible. |
Do vulnerable children not eat in the school holidays? | |
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| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:25 - Jan 11 with 870 views | 26_Paz |
| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:17 - Jan 11 by BlueBadger |
Not even if someone does something REALLY heinous, like say that nazis are bad and there's no place in decent society(not Decent Society, mind) |
My only point is that some on here get a bit too sweary and a bit too personal at times. I have been guilty of it on occasion but realised it’s juvenile and diminishes ones arguments. | |
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| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:25 - Jan 11 with 869 views | NewcyBlue |
Are some councils still doing the vouchers?
This is utterly despicable. The people profiteering from this should be stripped of all their assets. |  |
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| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:25 - Jan 11 with 863 views | eireblue |
| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 21:51 - Jan 11 by 26_Paz |
Abuse is never called for |
Define abuse. |  | | |
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| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:26 - Jan 11 with 858 views | 26_Paz |
| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:23 - Jan 11 by BlueBadger |
Do vulnerable children not eat in the school holidays? |
Another conversation that we’ve done and there’s no value in repeating. | |
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| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:26 - Jan 11 with 860 views | judespiveyg |
At uni I spend an average of about £7.50 a week on food (and from Aldi so money goes a little further). I try to keep a balanced diet, at least three fruit and veg a day etc. I came back home for Christmas to find I'd actually lost weight, despite weighing less than 10 stone when I'd left. Evidently I hadn't been eating enough.
£5.22 for ten days is nowhere near enough to eat healthily. |  |
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| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:27 - Jan 11 with 854 views | BlueBadger |
| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:26 - Jan 11 by 26_Paz |
Another conversation that we’ve done and there’s no value in repeating. |
Because you're a craven sociopath who, despite all their professed desires for niceness and decency you're only paying lip service and shedding crocodile tears over the notion? | |
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| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:28 - Jan 11 with 845 views | jeera |
| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:15 - Jan 11 by J2BLUE |
Wow I missed that it was for 10 days. I assumed it was for 5 days! That is an absolute disgrace. Barely enough food for 5 days. Can't believe that is for 10 days. Some **** has clearly skimmed as much profit off the top of this as possible. Literally stealing food away from kids. |
And more insulting that someone feels that vouchers of the amount cannot be trusted in the hands of the parents instead.
They'd rather give away free money to some corrupt firms while kids continue to go without. |  |
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| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:28 - Jan 11 with 839 views | J2BLUE |
| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:26 - Jan 11 by judespiveyg |
At uni I spend an average of about £7.50 a week on food (and from Aldi so money goes a little further). I try to keep a balanced diet, at least three fruit and veg a day etc. I came back home for Christmas to find I'd actually lost weight, despite weighing less than 10 stone when I'd left. Evidently I hadn't been eating enough.
£5.22 for ten days is nowhere near enough to eat healthily. |
What do you buy if you don't mind me asking?
People do live below the line challenges on £1 a day. Might be worth a look if that level of spend if by necessity and not choice. |  |
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| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:29 - Jan 11 with 831 views | BlueBadger |
| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:27 - Jan 11 by BlueBadger |
Because you're a craven sociopath who, despite all their professed desires for niceness and decency you're only paying lip service and shedding crocodile tears over the notion? |
If you're going to take the coward's option of 'well I'm not wasting my breath, spare us the doubling down with the passive-agreesive downvote, as well. | |
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| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:30 - Jan 11 with 828 views | BlueBadger |
| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:25 - Jan 11 by 26_Paz |
My only point is that some on here get a bit too sweary and a bit too personal at times. I have been guilty of it on occasion but realised it’s juvenile and diminishes ones arguments. |
As opposed to saying 'well I'm not answering that' and simply downvoting? | |
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| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:31 - Jan 11 with 823 views | 26_Paz |
| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:29 - Jan 11 by BlueBadger |
If you're going to take the coward's option of 'well I'm not wasting my breath, spare us the doubling down with the passive-agreesive downvote, as well. |
People don’t want to read me, you and spruce saying the same things to each other time and time again. They’ve made that clear. | |
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| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:31 - Jan 11 with 824 views | NewcyBlue |
| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:23 - Jan 11 by 26_Paz |
I was against free school meals in the holidays. I’m not against them in term time!
It can’t be right that that is for 10 days. If correct it’s absolutely ridiculous and needs to be fixed as soon as possible. |
How can you be against free school meals in the holidays?
I just don’t understand Pazzers.
We shouldn’t let anyone go hungry. Letting children go hungry is utterly heartless. | |
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| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:31 - Jan 11 with 822 views | BlueBadger |
| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:29 - Jan 11 by BlueBadger |
If you're going to take the coward's option of 'well I'm not wasting my breath, spare us the doubling down with the passive-agreesive downvote, as well. |
Also: you can't have it both ways. You can't whine about people 'being silenced' for breaking T&C's o public forums and then also start policing people's language.
Tone policing is an act of the moral cowardice. | |
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| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:31 - Jan 11 with 818 views | monytowbray |
| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:07 - Jan 11 by StokieBlue |
What are your thoughts on the fiver quid lunch box for a 10 days?
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Fingers in ears I expect. |  |
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| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:32 - Jan 11 with 818 views | 26_Paz |
| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:31 - Jan 11 by NewcyBlue |
How can you be against free school meals in the holidays?
I just don’t understand Pazzers.
We shouldn’t let anyone go hungry. Letting children go hungry is utterly heartless. |
Because, they’re school meals. The clue is in the title. | |
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| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:33 - Jan 11 with 818 views | J2BLUE |
| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:23 - Jan 11 by 26_Paz |
I was against free school meals in the holidays. I’m not against them in term time!
It can’t be right that that is for 10 days. If correct it’s absolutely ridiculous and needs to be fixed as soon as possible. |
Wasn't your argument that the parent/s received benefits so they could provide for their children during holidays? By the same logic they could also send them to school with a packed lunch IF they had enough money to do so. Your argument makes no sense at all. It's not like hunger switches off when kids aren't at school. In fact they are more likely (in normal times) to be active and needing more calories than sitting at a desk for 5 hours a day. | |
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| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:33 - Jan 11 with 815 views | StokieBlue |
| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:23 - Jan 11 by 26_Paz |
I was against free school meals in the holidays. I’m not against them in term time!
It can’t be right that that is for 10 days. If correct it’s absolutely ridiculous and needs to be fixed as soon as possible. |
I'm glad you can see the issue with what is being served up now but I can't agree with your stance on free school meals in the holidays.
We are the 5th richest country in the world, nobody should be going hungry no matter what the circumstances.
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| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:33 - Jan 11 with 812 views | 26_Paz |
| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:31 - Jan 11 by monytowbray |
Fingers in ears I expect. |
If you’d bothered to read the thread you would see that I have provided my views | |
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| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:34 - Jan 11 with 807 views | StokieBlue |
| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:26 - Jan 11 by judespiveyg |
At uni I spend an average of about £7.50 a week on food (and from Aldi so money goes a little further). I try to keep a balanced diet, at least three fruit and veg a day etc. I came back home for Christmas to find I'd actually lost weight, despite weighing less than 10 stone when I'd left. Evidently I hadn't been eating enough.
£5.22 for ten days is nowhere near enough to eat healthily. |
Good for you that you are managing to keep to a healthy diet and a strict budget.
It was a long while ago admittedly but my uni days were filled with crispy pancakes and potato waffles not to mention the pint, hours pool and burger offer for 3 quid or whatever it was.
I could make all kinds of things for very little nowadays but back then I didn't have a clue. I'm glad you're cooking and budgeting already, will serve you well in life.
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| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:34 - Jan 11 with 802 views | J2BLUE |
| Replacement “Free Lunch” boxes that have replaced £30 vouchers on 22:32 - Jan 11 by 26_Paz |
Because, they’re school meals. The clue is in the title. |
But the child isn't at school during holidays so they still need the food. £20m a week. Less than £1 per income tax payer. How can you oppose this? The Tories have wasted a fortune in taxpayer money and this is the stand you choose to make? | |
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