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Free school meals: What do you think of your school's food?
What do you think about the quality of your school dinners?The government have said they will order a review to make sure that all school meals are comes as the Education Minister, Bridget Phillipson, told the BBC that the government are working on plans to extend free school meals in say the change will help 500,000 more pupils, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer saying it would "help families who need it most".The announcement has been largely welcomed by organisations campaigning against child do you think of your school meals? Let us know in the comments below.
What have the government announced?
The government has announced that any child in England whose parents receive the benefit Universal Credit, will be able to claim free school meals from September 2026, regardless of how much they the rules in England state that a household must earn less than £7,400 a year to Minister Bridget Phillipson told the BBC that ministers were "working as quickly as we can" on next year's plans to extend free school said the changes to free school meals would save parents £500 a year and "lift 100,000 children out of poverty".The government has also said they would give £13million to a number of food charities across England to "fight food poverty" and said there will be a review of standards so that school meals are healthy.
Who currently gets free school meals?
Children's eligibility for free school meals varies across the primary school children in London, and in Wales, can access free Scotland, all children in the first five years of primary school are eligible, as well as all children from families receiving the Scottish Child Payment in Northern Ireland, can apply if they receive certain benefits and are below an income threshold which is approximately double the current England level, at £15,000.
