The BBC – Hungry children ‘eating from school bins’ in Morecambe

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Britain is one of the richest countries in the world. But in a meritocracy the right say there is no excuse for being poor, and so it's the poor's fault because they didn't try hard enough - to fit into a system they hate, where their learned helplessness means they have given up, because someone has to be at the bottom - no matter how hard they try - getting clobbered. Everyone gets what they deserve, say some people on the right. Children are arriving at a school so hungry they are searching the bins for food, its head teacher has said. A cross-party group of MPs has called on the government to appoint a Minister for Hunger to deal with "food insecurity" especially among children. Siobhan Collingwood, head teacher of the school in Morecambe, Lancashire, said one in 10 of its pupils

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