More schools’ free breakfast clubs are now up and running.
On top of the early adopters who began the roll-out last year at Whitegate End Primary, Richmond Academy, Westwood Academy, & Northmoor Academy, now St Martin’s CofE Primary & Medlock Valley Primary have joined too through the National School Breakfast Programme for the children and families who need it most.
This means more children starting the day with a healthy breakfast and 30 minutes of free childcare. It’s a real lifeline for working families, putting up to £450 a year back in parents’ pockets.
I’ve seen the impact first-hand. At Northmoor, 150 children are fed every morning and when kids are settled and ready to learn, it makes all the difference.
Labour promised at the last election in our manifesto to deliver free breakfast clubs in every primary as a first step in achieving our mission of breaking down the barrier to opportunity at every stage – and we are delivering on this promise.
This is politics as it should be: backing our kids, supporting families and tackling child poverty head-on. Every child here deserves the same fair start as anywhere else.
Jim McMahon OBE MP 