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.
Free school meals leads to 'better performance'
Free school meals have lead to "healthy children and ultimately a better performance at school," said the head of a north London primary.
Headteacher at St Mark's primary school, Calvin Henry, readily supported free school meals for infants and had already implemented the policy at his school.
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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.