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Lifeline for hard up families as free school meals offered to thousands more children

Children in households that receive council tax support, housing benefit or both - but who do not currently qualify for free school meals - will be eligible from the start of the new academic year in September.

Manchester Evening News · Jun 21, 2023

Plans for 'fantastic' new special school boosted by ‘wholehearted support’

Dubbed Pear Tree Academy, the secondary school includes places for up to 133 pupils with profound, severe and multiple learning difficulties, as well as those with autistic spectrum disorder (ASD).

Manchester Evening News · Sep 28, 2022

What people in the Stockport ward where Labour won by just two votes are saying ahead of the local elections

Something of a bellwether seat, victory here could well hold the key to who takes control of the town hall for the next year

Manchester Evening News · Apr 27, 2022