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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kate Devlin,Zoe Tidman and Adam Forrest

‘Four chips on a plate’: Ministers told to boost school meal funding as children ‘getting smaller portions’

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Ministers have been told they must raise the amount of money spent on children’s school meals amid claims that pupils are going home hungry because of shrinking portion sizes.

The Independent has heard from parents and headteachers who say children are being given less to eat as food costs soar.

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