Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeEvery pupil rich and poor should get two free school meals a day by law, campaigners have demanded in a meeting with the government's food tsar. Free meals in England are currently only universal for infant school pupils - not older primary or secondary pupils who are means-tested. The campaign would extend a free breakfast and lunch on every school day to all children in compulsory education, regardless of family income. Leon co-founder Mr Dimbleby called for 1.5million more pupils to get free school meals when he launched Part 1 of his National Food Strategy last year. The study proposed an expansion of free school meals to every child where a parent is receiving Universal Credit.

Source: Daily Mirror March 17, 2021 19:00 UTC