direct to your inboxLabour councillors in Manchester have broken ranks to oppose proposals to axe the city council’s school catering service amid fears that hundreds of jobs could be put at risk.Manchester Fayre has been in ‘terminal decline’ for two years and could cost up to £1m to keep going, according to the town hall.Withdrawing from the school catering provider market by September 2021 is one of many proposals being considered by the council as it looks to plug a £105m budget shortfall next year.More than 400 people are currently employed by Manchester Fayre with a workforce which is ethnically diverse and mostly made up of women.Just over a third of schools in the city currently use the service to provide their meals, with the.
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