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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Cohen

Free school meals for every primary school pupil in London as Sadiq Khan unveils £130m scheme

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The mayor of London will tomorrow announce a bold emergency package to extend free school meals to every primary school child in the capital for one year, in an effort to help poorer families through the cost of living crisis.

Sadiq Khan’s £130m scheme will fund free meals for the 270,000 state primary school children in London who do not already receive free school meals, of whom an estimated 100,000 live in poverty.

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