State primary school children in London and Wales have access to Universal Free School Meals, but families across the rest of the UK are still facing strict eligibility criteria - is it fair or not and why?
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00:00I think we all should be all all children should be entitled to it it's
00:04not it's not fair but some you know people can't afford even to send a pack
00:08of lunch in at least they'll know the kids are going to get one hot meal a day
00:11I think it's terrible it's kids should get I mean the money that they get on
00:17the social is not that much is it when you've got kids so I think really they
00:21should get it I just think they'll earn more when the
00:23belly is full you know if they go home and they can't really afford a good meal
00:30they've had one in school that's the way I was in school anyway
00:34about three meals and the point is mean-testing is diabolical really why
00:41should anybody be mean-testing well I think that they need one good meal a day
00:46some of the parents don't cook now the young ones so I think a child should
00:52have one at least one good meal a day well didn't our councils push for it you
00:58know we should be doing something shouldn't we