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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Steph Brawn

Tories and Labour vote to deny schoolkids hot soup and roll over winter months

SCHOOLKIDS have been denied a free soup and roll throughout the winter months after Labour and Tory councillors teamed up to vote down the proposal.

The SNP group in Stirling put forward the idea as a way of helping those who are not eligible for free school meals get through the toughest winter months when people will be really feeling the pinch after Christmas.

But the £160,000 plan – which would’ve given every secondary school pupil and older primary kids soup and a roll from January to March – was shot down by the minority Labour administration who were supported by Tory councillors.

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