The scandal of the children who just line up and watch while their schoolmates eat is described today by two pressure groups, Ginger Bread and the Child Poverty Action Group.
In a joint statement they accuse Education Secretary Shirley Williams and local education authorities of not doing enough to publicize government measures to help poor pupils get free meals.
Child Poverty Action Group director Frank Field said the result is that half a million poor children are losing free school dinners and some poor children are having nothing at all to eat at lunchtime.
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The same process takes place with business seeking investment funds for new factories, stores and equipment. And as with other industries in a market economy, competition among banks helps ensure that interest rates will be as low as possible still providing a satisfactory rate of return to banks that are run well and efficiently... This competition helps ensure that bank loans are allocated to investments with the highest potential return in a manner much more efficient than if the government made borrowing and loan decisions itself.