Parents are facing a “cost of eating crisis” with the price of school lunches rocketing by more than a third in some areas of the country.
Families with two children can be hit with a bill for more than £1,000 a year for school lunches - almost £250 more than in 2019, according to research by the Lib Dems.
And Government funding for free school meals has also failed to keep up with the rising cost of food meaning schools are forced to make up the difference from teaching budgets.
