Professor Boyd Swinburn have requested urgent meeting with David Seymour on long term plan with school lunches
Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Newstalk ZB
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A coalition of health charities has slammed the Government’s decision to give ministerial responsibility for free school lunches to David Seymour after the Act leader campaigned for the programme to be abolished.
Speaking to Mike Hosking on Early Edition, Co-chair of the Health Coalition Aotearoa Professor Boyd Swinburn says nobody wants to see kids trying to learn on empty stomachs.
Universality is what makes the programme efficient, Swinburn says, providing relief for families with food insecurity.
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