Half a million more kids will be entitled to free school meals in massive expansion of the scheme

HALF a million more kids will be entitled to free school meals under a massive expansion of the scheme, Sir Keir Starmer announced last night.

Every child in a household on Universal Credit will now be eligible for state sponsored lunches, in a move that should lift 100,000 children out of poverty.

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Expanding free school meals will save parents on benefits £500 per child every year...