Free school meals expansion 'down payment' on child poverty plan, says PM
The expansion of free school meals is a "down payment" on the plan to lift children out of poverty, Sir Keir Starmer has said, as he did not rule out scrapping the two-child benefit cap.
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Charities and school leaders have welcomed free school meals being opened up to more than half a million extra children.
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A new long-awaited child poverty strategy is promising to lift half a million children out of poverty by the end of this parliament - but critics have branded it unambitious.
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