[Cherie]

Paid for by putting VAT on private education fees. As a vote winner it's a good policy, not so sure about funding in in this way given a lot of not particularly rich people just about send their kids to private school so this would policy would make it even more elitist than it already is, increasing tax on very high earners might have been a better way

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-a7668811.html

[Wizard.]

I think this is disgusting. The majority of state school families can afford to give their children lunches, and the ones who can't are given free school meals. This is some obvious 'steal from the rich, give to the poor' agenda.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Paid for by putting VAT on private education fees. As a vote winner it's a good policy, not so sure about funding in in this way given a lot of not particularly rich people just about send their kids to private school so this would policy would make it even more elitist than it already is, increasing tax on very high earners might have been a better way

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...-a7668811.html

Yep, the guy in the middle is always the one punished and squeezed

[Wizard.]

Also, the Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner is a joke of an MP who couldn't even be arsed to finish school herself.

[ebandit]

...poor kids................or are school meals more palatable these days?

Mark L

[Mystic Mock]

It's an interesting idea, but most School kids use Lunch boxes than eat any food from the School Cafeteria nowadays.

[the truth]

fair play all theyre good for is bankrupting the economy and giving hard working peoples money to those who choose not to work...labour are finished

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Riley.

Also, the Shadow Education Secretary Angela Rayner is a joke of an MP who couldn't even be arsed to finish school herself.

BIB, what's that got to do with her job?

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by the truth

fair play all theyre good for is bankrupting the economy and giving hard working peoples money to those who choose not to work...labour are finished

Tbf both Labour and Tories aren't doing much with the Benefits situation, unless the Zero Hour Contract is the solution?

[reece(:]

Come thru for the poor

[the truth]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Tbf both Labour and Tories aren't doing much with the Benefits situation, unless the Zero Hour Contract is the solution?

true, the whole thing is a shambles
try towns in wales ....hardly anyone is working , even if they are its 16 hours maximum to keep their working tax and many other benefits...
the trouble is all back to diversity and political correctness...where the idiots in charge decided being a drunk or a woman or better still a pregnant woman was the same as being disabled..
well its not

end result the disabled (and the elderly)have been treated appallingly

the drunks and junkies and teenage pregnant inherit all the handouts

[Ronald.]

Our eldest's childhood best friend's mother was a dinner lady and she always used to smell of packed lunches and school dinners. That unmistakable smell. Even on the weekends if we bumped into her she'd smell of lunch hall. R.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by the truth

true, the whole thing is a shambles
try towns in wales ....hardly anyone is working , even if they are its 16 hours maximum to keep their working tax and many other benefits...
the trouble is all back to diversity and political correctness...where the idiots in charge decided being a drunk or a woman or better still a pregnant woman was the same as being disabled..
well its not

end result the disabled (and the elderly)have been treated appallingly

the drunks and junkies and teenage pregnant inherit all the handouts

I have heard about Wales struggling for work, but I think Brexit starting to take effect also hasn't helped them as they benefitted from being in the EU as they was getting extra jobs from mainland Europe which isn't gonna be available as often.

And the elderly always get treated badly in a numerous of ways, I honestly don't know if there's really much that any Government can do there.

I'll give you the disabled, what's going on there is beyond disgusting.

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by Ronald.

Our eldest's childhood best friend's mother was a dinner lady and she always used to smell of packed lunches and school dinners. That unmistakable smell. Even on the weekends if we bumped into her she'd smell of lunch hall. R.

A truly insightful viewpoint

[the truth]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

I have heard about Wales struggling for work, but I think Brexit starting to take effect also hasn't helped them as they benefitted from being in the EU as they was getting extra jobs from mainland Europe which isn't gonna be available as often.

And the elderly always get treated badly in a numerous of ways, I honestly don't know if there's really much that any Government can do there.

I'll give you the disabled, what's going on there is beyond disgusting.

the difference is the way the disabled are treated as as much down to labour as the tories...labour do nothing. they dont even ensure new builds have any lifts...what about the millions of houses with new upvc...99% of them have lips which prevent all wheelchair access? so whilst we argue all day every day about some women being 2% being mens average wage..the disabled cant even get inside 90% of buildings. thats just 1 isssue...remply..shaw trust....new laws on making it illegal to move semit automatic gearboxes from car to car or hand controls for disabled...that basically means if youre disabled it costs you an extra Ł2000 on top of the price of the cvar EVERY time you buy a car...thank new labour for that stab in the back etc

and how did labour treat the elderly and neglected on the nhs...stafford hospital? mrsa rife etc etc endess cover ups..ceo wages trebling etc

[Northern Monkey]

Well they're probably going to have to provide more food aswell.All the parents of those on packed lunches be like **** paying for pack lunch food when we can get free food at school.Plus lunch lines will be longer.Those poor dinner ladies.

[Tom4784]

It's a nice idea, especially if the food quality is good since it ensures that kids will have at least five balanced meals a week but I agree with the criticism on the funding aspect as well as the fact that kids who need free meals can already get them.

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

kids will have at least five balanced meals a day.

Then they'll be obese kids

[arista]

Yes Cherie
a new Tax plan.

That would shake the Schools UP

[arista]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

Then they'll be obese kids

Blame the Parents
for that NM

[joeysteele]

It's a good policy,anything that helps remove any stigma from children and school meals is commendable.

Funding this the way they say is perhaps needing looking at again.
Done right and funded a better way this should be a possible vote winner.

[armand.kay]

What is the point of this? Kids who need free school meals ready get it.

[arista]

Many do not.
So this tax on Private Schools
will fund every school meal.

[the truth]

its a typical labour gimmick, messing abour on the edges and not making any fundamental changes...any chance of an industrial policy for starters?

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by joeysteele

It's a good policy,anything that helps remove any stigma from children and school meals is commendable.

Funding this the way they say is perhaps needing looking at again.
Done right and funded a better way this should be a possible vote winner.

It's cheap, gimmicky vote seeking. As someone already said those in need get them anyway. Wasting money on giving free meals to children who don't need them is a criminal waste of money.