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Knives for Rishi Sunak in School Meal Row: Chancellor and Education Secretary Gavin Williamson blame each other for the school meals fiasco as Marcus Rashford pushes the prime minister into ANOTHER U-turn
- Rishi Sunak locked in blame game with Gavin Williamson for school meals
- The chancellor has increasingly become the focus of opposition attacks.
- Sunak’s allies criticized suggestions that he was responsible for blocking the plan’s extension.
Rishi Sunak was caught in a bitter blame game with Gavin Williamson over the dispute over free school meals last night.
The chancellor’s allies furiously attacked suggestions that Sunak was responsible for blocking the plan’s extension to the October midterm vacation.
Instead, they pointed the finger at Mr. Williamson, the Secretary of Education, who they insisted that he had not submitted a spending proposal for approval.
It came about when Sunak became the target of online attack ads that blamed him for the government’s refusal to make a U-turn.
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Rishi Sunak, who has increasingly become the center of attack by opposition supporters, found himself embroiled in a bitter blame game with Gavin Williamson over the dispute over free school meals.
Boris Johnson during a visit to the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading to mark the publication of a new review on hospital feeding
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Sunak has increasingly become the focus of attacks by opposition supporters amid speculation that he could become the next Conservative leader.
In a tweet accompanying the video, the campaign group One Rule For Them wrote: ‘This man is leading the fight within the government against Marcus Rashford’s campaign to feed underprivileged children during school holidays. Rishi Sunak, a man of the people? It’s up to you.’
The group was founded by Adam McNicholas, who served as a Labor campaign manager in the run-up to the 2017 general election.
He has pledged to use US-style election raid announcements “to bring the fight to the conservatives on the ‘Red Wall’ seats between now and the next general election.”
In a Times article last month, he bragged about his desire to use dirty tactics.
He wrote: ‘There will never be a better time to go down. Work must seize its moment. ‘ Mr. Sunak agreed with Mr. Williamson earlier in the year that cash should be available to fund free school meals during the Easter holidays.
This extended into the summer break after a campaign by Rashford, the Manchester United and England striker.
The Chancellor, the Secretary of Education and the Prime Minister then agreed that this would not continue during future school holidays.
But it is understood that the Treasury was angered by claims that it was responsible for blocking the extension of the scheme during the midterm and the Christmas holidays.
Sources said the Secretary of Education did not request the money to provide meals to 1.4 million disadvantaged students during the break.
The Chancellor’s allies angrily pointed at Mr. Williamson, the Education Secretary, who they insisted that he had not submitted a spending proposal for approval.
Footballer Marcus Rashford calls for funding of free school meals during the holidays
On Twitter, Manchester United revealed that it was partnering with the Fare Share charity to help combat child food poverty.
Sunak became the target of online attack advertisements that blamed him for the government’s refusal to make a U-turn.
A Sunak ally said: ‘I cannot block the Treasury because there is nothing to block. The Department of Education never sent a spending proposal. “
Williamson’s team did not respond to requests for comment last night. Sunak faced criticism earlier this year when he posed for a pre-budget photo with a £ 180 “smart mug” that keeps coffee and tea at the same temperature.
It was understood to be a Christmas present from his wife, Akshata Murthy, daughter of Indian billionaire Narayana Murthy, who co-founded IT services giant Infosys.
Sunak was appointed chancellor in February, just four weeks before the budget, following the surprising resignation of Sajid Javid.
He has been Conservative MP for Richmond in Yorkshire since 2015. His father was a GP and his mother was a pharmacist. Her parents, who are of Indian descent, came to the UK from East Africa.
Mr. Sunak studied at Winchester College Public School before reading philosophy, politics and economics at Oxford. Before entering politics, he worked for investment bank Goldman Sachs.
Almost all councils are understood to have spent the majority of their £ 63 million allocation. The government’s guidance on the money, given on July 10, said it anticipated that “most of the funds would be spent in 12 weeks.”
