• The Feeding of Schoolchildren by the State

    The Labour Government’s plans for breakfast clubs are just the latest stage in a history of the state feeding children at school which stretches back for over a century. Policy in this area has been prompted by a far wider range of motivations than simply an altruistic concern for children’s health, and debates about state-intervention…


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