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- Commission urges England’s government to provide free school meals to all children up to age 18.
- It also recommends creating a Cost of Living Unit within the Prime Minister’s office.
- Food prices increased 30.1 % between April 2022 and July 2026.
- A YouGov poll for the NEU found 31 % of parents cut food quantity or variety.
- The commission proposes a Right to Food Bill funded by capital-gains tax reform to raise £7.8 billion.