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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Jon Stone

New Tory education minister attacked free school meals as ‘nationalising children’

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Boris Johnson's new education minister argued against free school meals and said he did not believe families could not afford food, it has emerged.

Brendan Clarke-Smith was appointed a minister at the Department for Education on Friday to fill a vacancy left by a wave of resignations.

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