Roadside Mum said the package contains ingredients to make two jacket potatoes with beans and eight sandwiches, plus some snacks, pasta and a single tomato.
According to the post, the package was to last ten days, and it was issued to her instead of £ 30 ($ 40) in gift vouchers that families had previously received from the scheme.
“I could do more with £ 30 to be honest,” Roadside Mum wrote, saying she could buy the same amount of food for £ 5.22 ($ 7.10) in a supermarket. “The private company that has the #FSM contract has made good profits here,” the report added.
CNN contacted Chartwells for further comment.
“We have clear guidelines and standards for food parcels, which we expect to be followed,” reads the DfE’s tweet. “Packages should be nutritious and contain a variety of foods.”
Manchester United’s soccer player Rashford campaigned for 1.3 million children last year to demand free school meal vouchers during England’s summer holiday, which forced a turnaround by the British government. He was honored by Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of his campaign.
Rashford posted a Twitter thread on Tuesday after a conversation with Chartwells that morning. He said there was little communication with suppliers before England’s closure was announced by the government.
“Children should not starve because we do not communicate or are transparent about plans,” Rashford said. “This is unacceptable.”
The British legislature Keir Starmer, leader of the opposition party of Labor, also fell in love.
In December, the humanitarian organization UNICEF announced that for the first time in its 70-year history, it would help feed people in parts of the UK.
The United Nations (UN) agency said a “domestic emergency” meant that vulnerable children and families needed help because of the Covid-19 crisis.
In May 2019, a UN report on poverty in the UK said that the Conservative government remains in a “state of denial” over the 14 million people living on the breadline, and continues with its almost ten year long austerity measures ” despite the tragic social consequences. “
The UK is the fifth largest economy in the world, yet one-fifth of its population lives in poverty, the report found, predicting that 40% of children would live in poverty in the next two and a half years.