In today's special we focus on the debate around extending free school meals during the holidays.

Mark Littlewood, director general of the Institute for Economic Affairs, tells Bloomberg Westminster's Roger Hearing and Sebastian Salek why it's not the best policy for making sure children don't go hungry.

Plus, Iain Porter from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation joins for a look at how serious a problem poverty in Britain has become.

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