It emerged on Wednesday that – for the first time in its 70-year history – Unicef had launched a domestic emergency response in a bid to help feed hungry children affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
It has pledged £25,000 to help send breakfast boxes over the school Christmas holidays to 1,800 families in south London struggling as a result of the pandemic.
The agency said the outbreak of Covid-19 was the most urgent crisis affecting children since the Second World War.
But when Rees-Mogg – who is the leader of the House of Commons – was asked about this by Labour’s Zarah Sultana on Thursday morning, he hit out at Unicef.
Sultana, who is the MP for Coventry South, said: “For the first time ever, Unicef, the UN agency responsible for providing humanitarian aid to children, is having to feed working-class kids in the UK.
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It has pledged £25,000 to help send breakfast boxes over the school Christmas holidays to 1,800 families in south London struggling as a result of the pandemic.
The agency said the outbreak of Covid-19 was the most urgent crisis affecting children since the Second World War.
But when Rees-Mogg – who is the leader of the House of Commons – was asked about this by Labour’s Zarah Sultana on Thursday morning, he hit out at Unicef.
Sultana, who is the MP for Coventry South, said: “For the first time ever, Unicef, the UN agency responsible for providing humanitarian aid to children, is having to feed working-class kids in the UK.
Continue reading @ Huffington Post.
That Tory cunt should be up against the wall along with the rest of his party for bringing about the austerity conditions the people find themselves in.
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