Food for thought, not cash for consultations

Yet again the Government has got itself into trouble by not agreeing to provide free school meals during the February school holidays for vulnerable families.

This is badly thought out and leaves children at risk of going hungry.

What is the point of DfE guidelines on meals, when there is no quality control and they have even had the Prime Minister condemning them?

Time and time again this Government has been shamed into providing for school children over the school holidays.

I hope that they would by now have learned from their past mistakes.

By the time your readers see this letter I hope the Government will have seen sense and will be continuing to feed the most vulnerable children. The whole Government approach has been short-term and badly thought out, whether it’s ensuring children aren’t hungry, or have the equipment for and the clarity about their education.

Vast sums of money are spent on so-called experts and consultants, when it needs people with basic common sense and compassion to get it right.

NIGEL SMITH Australia Avenue

Maidenhead