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Part of Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at on 3 May 2023.

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Photo of Holly Lynch Holly Lynch Shadow Minister (Home Office)

The recent ITV documentary, “Life and Debt: Stories from the Edge”, followed Halifax mum Izzy. Her prepayment energy bills have tripled, and she relies on a local primary school, Ash Green, which is providing free breakfasts, budget cooking classes and a hardship fund for its families. When headteacher Mungo Sheppard is asked whether he worries about the children at his school when he goes home at night, he says:

“All the time. It never leaves you”.

Does the Prime Minister think it is right that things are so bad that schools are having to become the fourth emergency service for the families they support?