No such thing as a free lunch?
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2020
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Half term may be over, but the battle to feed the children of this country, certainly isn’t. What will happen when the next holidays come round?
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Baron Griffiths of Burry Port, Labour peer.
Sian Griffiths, Sunday Times Education and Families Editor.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats. |
| 0:11.0 | So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's. |
| 0:15.0 | Trains now on Uber. |
| 0:18.0 | T's and C's apply. |
| 0:20.0 | Check the Uber app. The blue is the lead day. |
| 0:22.0 | The boy is only crowd queen waves from the... Today is the day the war is already. |
| 0:23.0 | The newly crowd queen waves from the belt. |
| 0:25.0 | The eagle has landed. |
| 0:26.0 | Apollo 11 has tearing down the Berlin war. |
| 0:29.0 | Since 1929, the Marx Investment Trust's mission has been to help investors grow their wealth. |
| 0:35.0 | We aim to do this today by taking a three-dimensional approach to growth, |
| 0:39.0 | cyclical growth, rapid growth, and steady growth. |
| 0:43.0 | The World Wide Web. |
| 0:44.0 | Wall Street is in turmoil as stocks crap. |
| 0:46.0 | The Monk's Investment Trust managed by Bailey Gifford, |
| 0:49.0 | Capital at Risk. |
| 0:50.0 | Schools. Schools have reopened. Half term is over and for many children around the country |
| 1:00.4 | that'll mean the certainty of a proper hot meal every day. |
| 1:04.4 | Without the free school meal provision, which is about £2.30 per child per day, |
| 1:09.6 | her mother really wouldn't have been able to manage. |
| 1:16.0 | Half term may be over, but the battle to feed the children of this country certainly isn't. When the government refused to pay for |
| 1:21.0 | free meals and school holidays, businesses and restaurants |
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