The end of free school meal support in school holidays in Wales pushed a family into “sheer poverty”, a parent has said.

He and another parent have been given the go-ahead to go to court to try to get the decision reversed.

Mark, not his real name, said the Welsh government’s failure to hold a consultation before it cut the support was not fair on those who received it.

The Welsh government, which is fighting the case, said it could not comment.