Marcus Rashford distributes ‘inappropriate’ food parcels, prompting a UK government inquiry

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One role from a Twitter user called Roadside Mom on Monday, shared more than 27,000 times, detailing the contributions made to her by Chartwells, one of the companies contracted by the UK government.

Mom said by the side of the road there is an ingredient in the parcel to make two jacket potatoes with beans and eight single cheese sandwiches, as well as a few snacks, pasta and one tomato.

The package was supposed to last 10 days, depending on the job, and was given instead of £ 30 ($ 40) in vouchers, which families had previously received on the scheme.

“I could do more with £ 30 to be honest,” wrote Roadside Mum, who said she could buy the same amount of food for £ 5.22 ($ 7.10) at a supermarket. “The private company with the #FSM contract made a good profit here,” the post added.

Chartwells supplier he replied on Twitter, saying: “This does not reveal the specification of one of our blockchains.” The company requested more information so it could “investigate immediately.”

CNN has contacted Chartwells for further comment.

Sharing several images of food parcels sent to families, Rashford tweet: “Children deserve better than this.”
Children’s Minister Vicky Ford tweet that she will be “looking into this crisis” while the Department for Education (DfE) is also involved said that he is “looking into this.”

“We have clear guidelines and standards for food parcels, which we intend to follow,” read the DfE tweet. “Parcels should be nutritious and include a wide range of food. “

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Manchester United footballer Rashford last year campaigned for 1.3 million children to apply for free school meal vouchers in England’s summer holidays, prompting a U-turn from the UK government. He was honored by Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of his campaign.

On Tuesday Rashford posted a Twitter thread after a conversation with Chartwells that morning. He said there had been little contact with suppliers before the government announced the lockout of England.

“Children shouldn’t be hungry because we don’t communicate or be transparent with plans,” Rashford said. “That’s inappropriate.”

British lawyer Keir Starmer, the leader of the opposition Labor party, was also groaning.

The UN report compares UK welfare policies with Victorian workshops
“The images that appear online of free school food parcels are quite embarrassing,” tweet Star on Tuesday. “Where’s the money going? This needs to be sorted out immediately so that families don’t go hungry through lockdown.”

In December, the humanitarian organization UNICEF announced that it would help feed people in parts of the UK for the first time in its 70-year history.

The United Nations (UN) said a “domestic crisis” meant that vulnerable children and families needed help because of the Covid-19 crisis.

In May 2019, a report from the UN on poverty in the UK said that the Conservative government remained in a “state of rejection” of the 14 million people living on bread, continuing with the measures of tension that are almost ten years old “despite the attractive social consequences. “

The UK is the fifth largest economy in the world, but a fifth of its population lives in poverty, the report found, which predicted that 40% of children would live in poverty. stay in poverty for the next two and a half years.

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