Children's minister Beverley Hughes has said the grants "may be an option" but that the government is looking at how sustainable they would be. Campaigners have called for the grants to be made available at key times of year when impoverished families may struggle. During a Parliamentary debate on child poverty Fiona Mactaggart, the Labour MP for Slough, suggested grants should be given in winter to help with fuel bills, and the summer holiday when free school meals are not available. Mactaggart also warned that the...