School meal vouchers for poorest families ‘delayed’ – yet another Tory coronavirus fail
School meal: this image is from before the coronavirus lockdown. These kids are probably starving to death right now, waiting for their mythical Tory meal vouchers.
Oh, they’ve been delayed, have they? Funny, that…
Funny that the claim comes after This Site ran a poll asking whether anybody had received their vouchers – and two-thirds of the respondents said no.
Funny that the Tory government seems unable to supply anything that it has promised in the coronavirus crisis.
They promised plenty of personal protective equipment for NHS staff dealing with people who have the disease – and didn’t supply it. Medical professionals are dying, who should be helping to treat the virus, because of this failure.
They promised ventilators to stop people with the disease from dying of the pneumonia that kills them – and didn’t. This meant GP surgeries ended up asking some of the most vulnerable people in the UK to sign forms saying the did not want ventilators if they caught the disease – effectively signing their lives away.
They promised 100,000 tests per day to find carriers of the disease – and ended up turning away offers to supply test kits.
They promised to help victims of domestic abuse who have been shut in their homes with their abusers. No such help has been forthcoming.
They promised all kinds of financial packages to help businesses and employees hit by the pandemic – leaving gaping holes in the provision, through which many people are in danger of falling (if they haven’t already done so).
These Tories have promised the world, and delivered very little indeed – apart from at least 7,097 deaths so far.
So ask yourself: are they evil, or just monumentally stupid?
Many families whose children are eligible for free school meals have not received supermarket vouchers as promised by the government because of delays in the supply system, school leaders say.
Headteachers and school business managers in England said the problem was widespread, and many took to social media to complain about difficulties accessing the scheme and delays in delivering vouchers to the families who need them.
Until now there has been support for the government’s announcement of a national voucher scheme to ensure that children from the poorest families continue to receive free meals while schools are closed during the Covid-19 crisis.
Source: UK’s poorest families suffering as free school meal vouchers delayed | Education | The Guardian
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Still awake at the end of a week’s work after being woken at 8 PM by a firework. While checking my emails found one in spam from Edenred dated 4.45pm. Unable to use it to claim the FSM voucher as the website is down. Last week’s voucher from Wonde still has not arrived despite it being promised within 48 hours of claiming on 2nd April, so the only one we have received is the one our wonderful school bought direct at the supermarket. And to top it off next week’s childminder cancelled three hours after everywhere closed for a four – day weekend. Not feeling hugely appreciated tbh.
I go with evil.
Promising the Earth and not even giving so much as a Sod (of dirt) – it never has nor will change.