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Liverpool council to feed 20,000 kids over half-term after cruel Tories refused

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Mayor Joe Anderson announced the council will provide vouchers for 20,000 children in need, backing Marcus Rashford's campaign after the Tories voted down half-term free school mealsLiverpool City Council will step in to feed the city's poorest children after the government refused to help. The city battling through the Tier 3 lockdown has announced it will support struggling families after the Tories refused. The council announced today it will provide free school meal vouchers for the poorest city kids, backing Marcus Rashford's campaign. Mayor Joe Anderson announced this morning that his local authority will help out despite being cash-strapped itself, reports the . The vital vouchers will go to the families in the city who will struggle to provide meals for their children over next week's half-term holiday. Have you been affected by this story? EmailRead MoreRelated ArticlesRead MoreRelated ArticlesIt will mean that the council will provide 20,000 children with the vouchers over the half term break. The move comes after the Tories voted down a motion in Parliament which sought to back the footballer's campaign to extend the meal vouchers for struggling families. The council joins Liverpool FC and a host of generous businesses up and down the country who have offered help, food packs and meals to the thousands of families struggling to put food on the table.Read MoreRelated ArticlesWith the city now under Tier 3 lockdown restrictions, and a lower government furlough in place, thousands more families are struggling to make ends meet and many are fearing how they will cope without free school meals next week. Making the announcement at the council's cabinet meeting this morning, Mayor Anderson held up a copy of today's Liverpool Echo and its report that showed in some Liverpool areas, two in three children are currently living in property.Read MoreRelated ArticlesHe said: "We've all seen Marcus Rashford's campaign and I and my colleagues have all been really worried about kids going hungry in this city. "As you can read in the Echo, in some parts of Liverpool, 70% of children are living in poverty right now."So today I am announcing that the council will stand by these kids and extend our own voucher scheme to make sure that 20,000 children will get the food they desperately need over the holiday. "Times are tough for this council and we have been hit hard, but we will never lose sight of how hard things are for people who are trying to make ends meet in this city and I'm proud to announce this support today." He added: "Hopefully this will make things a little bit easier for the families just trying to put food on their tables for their children in Liverpool."

Mayor Joe Anderson announced the council will provide vouchers for 20,000 children in need, backing Marcus Rashford's campaign after the Tories voted down half-term free school mealsLiverpool City Council will step in to feed the city's poorest children after the government refused to help. The city battling through the Tier 3 lockdown has announced it will support struggling families after the Tories refused. The council announced today it will provide free school meal vouchers for the poorest city kids, backing Marcus Rashford's campaign. Mayor Joe Anderson announced this morning that his...

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