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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan

Give free school meals to all kids in Universal Credit households, teachers say

All children in families receiving Universal Credit must be given free school meals, unions and school leaders have demanded.

Boris Johnson is facing urgent calls to expand free lunch provision as cost of living pressures mean more Brits struggle with feeding their families.

One in five pupils in England - or 1.74 million children - already qualify for free school meals - with more than 420,000 youngsters falling into this bracket since the start of the pandemic.

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