Government fails to serve up free school meals for all [timesonline.co.uk]
- Published: 04 April 2010
THE Scottish government has failed to achieve its goal of extending free school meals to all children in the first three years of education after only one local authority said it intended to meet the pledge this year.
Child poverty campaigners have described the failure to implement the SNP manifesto commitment as a “bitter blow to tens of thousands of families across Scotland”.
The plan to roll out universal free lunches to all pupils in P1-P3 by August was confirmed by ministers two years ago. Critics questioned how local authorities would fund the scheme. With the squeeze on public finances caused by the economic slump, funding has become a more acute problem.
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