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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Jason Beattie

Labour under pressure to put free school meals in its general election manifesto

Labour’s leadership is under mounting pressure to put free school meals at the heart of the party’s election offer.

Dozen of Labour MPs and peers have backed calls for England to follow Scotland and Wales by providing all primary-age children with at least one hot meal a day.

And they have signed an open letter by the Mirror and the National Education Union urging the party to honour its conference pledge to roll out free school meals universally.

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