Keir Starmer writes for the Mirror that 'it’s common sense that children can’t do well at school if they’re hungry' as he ...

Ministers have announced plans to expand free school meals to all pupils in England in families on universal credit from ...

Keir Starmer unveiled plans to extend free school meals to all kids in families who get Universal Credit, in a move that ...

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) think tank said that while the rule change would cut child poverty to a degree and ...

All children from families on universal credit will get free school meals from the 2026 school year in Labour child poverty ...

This change will mean that more than half a million children - including many in Merseyside - will become eligible. The ...

The DfE anticipates that over half a million additional children will benefit from a free meal each school day due to the ...

The move comes after campaigners and education leaders called for an extension to ease pressures on young people living in ...

All pupils in England whose families claim universal credit will be eligible for free school meals under an expansion of the ...

The DfE has said more than half a million more children are expected to benefit from a free meal every school day as a result ...

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But the Government has announced that every pupil whose household is on universal credit will have a new entitlement to free school lunches from the start of the 2026/27 academic year.