Over the past few months, a campaign backed by Labour MPs, mayors and unions seemed to be moving their party towards a policy of free school meals for all. It was widely believed that Starmer was supportive, especially after his full-throated backing for footballer Marcus Rashford’s activism on the issue during the pandemic.
‘The loss of free school meals risks millions of children going hungry, and for some this means missing their only hot meal of the day,’ Labour’s leader had raged. But then he suddenly snatched the plate away. ‘This is not Labour policy and we have no plans to implement it,’ a Labour spokesman announced.
It wasn’t the only significant announcement of the week. At around the same time Starmer was revealing his plan to take food from the mouths of children, Rachel Reeves was popping up to explain how she intended to stuff gold into the mouths of the global IT giants.
In 2021, Reeves unveiled a proposal to
increase the levy paid by tech firms operating in the UK from two per
cent to ten per cent – a move that would have raised £3 billion a year.
But now she was scrapping it. ‘We have no plans to raise digital
services tax in government,’ said a spokesman....<<<Read More>>>...
