MPs call on Jeremy Hunt to extend free school meals to all primary pupils

The free school meals for all bill would extend school meals to all primary school pupils. Photograph: Ben Birchall/PA

The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has been urged to use his spring budget to extend free school meals for all primary pupils.

The Scottish government has committed to providing free school meals for all primary schoolchildren, while in Wales the rollout of universal primary free school meals began in September.