Critics attack free meals cost
Concerns are being raised about the Government's ability to afford a £1 billion giveaway handing all children under eight free school meals alongside a likely tax break for married couples.
Clegg: 'First step on way to free school meals for all'
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said the new policy giving all infant school children a free school meal in England was the first step in fulfilling his ambition to provide free school meals to all primary school children.
Mr Clegg said: "For the Liberal Democrats, this is a first step: my ambition is to provide free school meals for all primary school children. Another reason we want to get into Government again next time round."
The Deputy Prime Minister said free school meals would help "give every child the chance in life they deserve."
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Infant school children to receive free school meals
Every child at infant school in England will receive a free school meal from next September, Nick Clegg announced today.
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Free school meals show Lib Dems' influence on Coalition
The policy fits in with what the Lib Dems have been trying to get across - that the party are having an effect in the coalition.