The children's charity is calling on the Government to increase financial support to families during school holidays to compensate for the lack of free school meals, which it says is the key factor contributing to food poverty at this time.
The charity also wants the Government to introduce a minimum income standard for parents and a child development grant to help them meet the costs of taking part in holiday activities with their children.
One of the report's authors, Neera Sharma, said, 'Poverty really hits children in the school holidays because there are more demands on their parents and less money to meet these demands. There is increasing evidence, which has been borne out by our projects, that families who live on benefits cannot afford to feed their children a healthy diet.'
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