date: 08/03/2023
Episode 160 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast
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This week, Craig talks to Claire Peden from Unite the Union and Eryn Browning from Together Against Debt here to talk about their campaign to End School Meal Debt. The discuss the scale of such debt in Scotland, its impacts on children and which Local Authorities have already decided to waive these debts and which are still resisting calls to do so.
If you would like to get involved with the campaign, you can visit any of the links below:
Petition: https://www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/feed-the-weans-feed-the-future
Public Protest on March 9th: https://fb.me/e/ILl9MxlW
Unite The Union website: https://www.unitetheunion.org/campaigns/unite-for-a-workers-economy-campaign/
Debt Justice website: https://debtjustice.org.uk/about
Twitter @UniteEconomy Unite For A Workers’ Economy (@UniteEconomy) / Twitter
Twitter @we_are_TAD TogetherAgainstDebt (@we_are_TAD) / Twitter
Facebook @UniteForAWorkersEconomy Unite For A Workers’ Economy | Facebook
Facebook @TogetherAgainstDebt Together Against Debt | Facebook
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Excerpts from “Hiding Your Reality” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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