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Today’s Two Minute Hate is aimed at Tory MP @BBradley_Mans. His crime? He asked for safeguards to stop a small minority of bad parents spending school vouchers on booze not food for their kids.
Reality check: some parents DON’T care about their kids. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-mp-demands-safeguards-stop-22202408?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar
Reality check: some parents DON’T care about their kids. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-mp-demands-safeguards-stop-22202408?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-mp-demands-safeguards-stop-22202408?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar
So what did @BBradley_Mans actually say? This: “I have one concern that I hope you will alleviate, many of the most vulnerable children don't live in happy, healthy households and we often find that those children - the ones that schools normally look out for - might be in a
... position where parents aren't necessarily going to use those vouchers in the right way and the current system has no safeguards on that so it seems. My constituency has one of the highest levels of abuse, one of the highest levels of addiction in the country.”
He added:
He added:
“Can we add... a mechanism to make sure those vouchers are used for healthy meals for vulnerable children?"
If you think it’s wrong for an MP of *any* party to want to ensure taxpayers’ cash meant to feed kids isn’t instead spent on fags & booze then, frankly, you’re a fool.
If you think it’s wrong for an MP of *any* party to want to ensure taxpayers’ cash meant to feed kids isn’t instead spent on fags & booze then, frankly, you’re a fool.
This isn’t a new concept https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/asda-abused-school-meal-vouchers-4127212