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Paul Hutcheon

Nicola Sturgeon backs calls to write off school meal debts owed by Scots pupils

Nicola Sturgeon has backed calls for councils to write-off school meal debt incurred by families.

The First Minister said she is “deeply uncomfortable” with parents being pursued during a cost of living crisis, adding that she had tasked officials to look at the issue.

Free school meals are given to all children in primary years one to five - but charges apply to older kids unless their parents are on benefits or low incomes.

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