it's a pretty important distinction
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Replying to @JuliaHB1
Govt targets defined using relative poverty. Many argue there’s no absolute poverty in UK. Doesn’t make hungry children acceptable though.
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Replying to @markmacnicol
and it also doesn't mean that kids are going hungry because their parents don't have enough money. Many other issues.
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Replying to @JuliaHB1
yeah some parents for example have alcohol and drug dependencies which sadly take priority. Breakfast in school helps that problem.
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Replying to @markmacnicol
No, breakfast in schools masks that problem. Kids shouldn't be left in homes where parents aren't doing the basic job of parenting.
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Replying to @JuliaHB1
kids taken into care if their parents are struggling? you really are all heart aren’t you.
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Replying to @markmacnicol
Children are badly damaged by drug/drink addict parents. Leaving them with addicts & feeding them at school isn't the solution. Better to...
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Replying to @JuliaHB1
tory austerity cuts on social services budgets won’t help either. while we debate kids go hungry.
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Replying to @markmacnicol
I don't agree with those cuts and have said so publicly many times. But that doesn't stop parents feeding their kids.
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Replying to @JuliaHB1
You prob don’t know much about the DWP sanction culture. A miracle some parents manage to feed their kids when benefits stopped.
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... offices, CAB, food banks and charities, plus talking to many people who've been sanctioned. So I probably don't know as much as you do.
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