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 and wife visit a school for meals announcement
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and his wife Miriam Gonzalez Durantez took a break from the Liberal Democrat conference in Glasgow to visit a primary school ahead of the Government announcement on free school meals today.
The Lib Dem leader announced a new £600 million scheme giving all infant school children in England a free school meal from September 2014.
The measure is aimed at helping financially-stretched families but will also have education and health benefits, Mr Clegg said.
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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.