The decision to offer free meals to all primary school children in London for a year will make the case for extending the benefit “irrefutable”, Boris Johnson’s former food tsar Henry Dimbleby has said.
He said the plans by London Mayor Sadiq Khan would prove the benefit to children’s education, health and life chances.
Pressure is mounting on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to ensure all primary pupils in England get a proper hot meal, as an estimated 800,000 children living in poverty miss out due to eligibility rules.
