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Coronavirus: 'Humiliation' as school meal vouchers fail at tillBy Judith BurnsEducation reporter, BBC News 7 May 2020 Image copyrightGetty Images"It was embarrassing, everyone was looking at us," Susan Bleau says of the moment she tried to spend free school meal vouchers worth £45.After weeks of delays, her daughter's school had finally received the vouchers and printed them out for her.But at the till, with a trolley full of shopping, the vouchers failed to scan.Edenred, which runs the government scheme to give pupils in England vouchers worth £15 a week, says all of its vouchers are valid.But ever since it was set up, in late March, the scheme has been beset by problems. The system was rebuilt over the Easter break but the improvements were slow to take effect, with schools still struggling to log on, parents unable to download the vouchers and some even saying the vouchers failed when they tried to spend them.Families still wait for free school meal vouchers'…