Food redistribution charity FareShare has warned that as many as three million children are at risk of going hungry this summer amid soaring living costs.
Latest Department for Education figures show that more than nine million children were eligible for free school meals during the last academic year, an increase of 88,000 from 2020/21.
Some 22.5 per cent of all pupils are now eligible for free school meals compared with 20.8 per cent in 2020/21, the figures show.
A study by Coram Family Childcare found that that the cost of holiday childcare has risen by five per cent since 2021, with the average cost now £147.70 a week, double the cost of places during term time.
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