Top private school holds ‘Austerity Day’ where students eat baked potatoes and beans

St Paul’s Girls’ School widely criticised for appearing to downplay the significance of austerity

Austerity Day
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A prestigious private school in West London has been heavily criticised after holding an “Austerity Day” where students dined on a lunch of baked potatoes, beans and coleslaw.

St Paul’s Girls’ School in Hammersmith tweeted about the buffet accompanying the message with “a picture of a fine-dining waiter displaying a silver plate with three peas on it”, says HuffPost.

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