Election Money Matters: Should our children be entitled to free school meals?
Free School Meals: The current universal scheme and what might be scrapped after the June elections Since 2014, all children attending a reception, year 1 or year 2 class, have been entitled to a free school meal. The previous coalition government put in place the universal free school meals scheme. It sought to help families in the low to middle income brackets provide healthy balanced lunches. This was in addition to the low income pupil premium provision that already existed for supporting those with the correct benefit entitlements. It has meant that children have, at the very least, the option for one hot meal per day. With Teresa May's recent call for the country to go to the polling stations once more. June 8th sees the possibility of this universal…
