Schools are serving young children smaller lunches or slashing the amount of meat in sausages and ham sandwiches due to spiralling costs, MPs have been told.
Tory MP Steve Brine sounded the alarm over the funding shortfall for infant free school meals, which has meant schools are left to make up the gap between Government cash and the cost of school dinners.
All children in England are eligible for free school meals up to the end of Year 2, regardless of household income. Older children only qualify if their parents receive certain benefits.
