Third of poorer families in England missing out on free food vouchers

Government-funded coupons provide free fruit, vegetables and milk to qualifying families

One in three low-income families are missing out on government-funded vouchers that give them free fruit, vegetables and milk to improve the diet of pregnant women, babies and children.

Although 402,384 people on low incomes in England are eligible to receive Healthy Start vouchers, 135,671 – 33.7% of them – are not doing so, figures reveal.

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from Children | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2GOTrK1