Zayn Malik writes to PM over free school meals
Former One Direction star Zayn Malik has written to the PM urging him to give all children in poverty, a free school meal.
In the letter, he said he relied on free school meals as a child growing up in Bradford.
The singer is backing a campaign calling for all children in households on Universal Credit to be eligible for free school meals.
The charity estimates 800,000 children in England live in poverty but do not qualify for free school meals.
He wrote: “These children are suffering from lack of concentration, some even resorting to stealing food from school canteens because they are so hungry but can’t afford to buy lunch.
“They are also feeling shame which is directly impacting their physical and mental health.
“I know what that shame feels like, I have seen it first-hand, as growing up in Bradford, I relied on free school meals.”
Zayn is the latest in a long list of famous names calling for wider access to free school meals – Marcus Rashford and Jamie Oliver being two of the most famous.
