Increase in pupils going to school hungry

Around 40% of breakfast clubs have recently closed in schools across England due to budget cuts.

Now, cash-strapped schools across Yorkshire are increasingly having to rely on food banks to keep their daily breakfast clubs going.

That's according to a survey of UK teachers which also reveals one in ten schools are now relying on food recycling charities to feed pupils, while a third of teachers admit to taking food into schools to give to the hungriest children.

The average breakfast club costs just £4,000 to run per year, however cuts to school budgets are leaving a financial gap which many are struggling to fill.