All news on the topic: Free School Meals for All

A YouGov poll for the National Education Union (NEU) of 1,017 Labour members found 89% support ensuring all primary pupils get a free school dinner to ensure kids don't go hungry

Dozen of Labour MPs and peers have signed an open letter by the Mirror and the National Education Union urging the party to honour its conference pledge to roll out free school meals universally

Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said the numbers should 'serve as a wake-up call about the appallingly high levels of childhood poverty'

Sharon Hodgson, who was the Labour leader’s Commons aide until only a few months ago, threw her weight behind the Mirror’s campaign for universal free school meals in primary schools

State education is free but the cost of uniform, learning materials, school trips, packed lunch and transport sets most parents back at least £39.01 per week per secondary school child and £18.69 per primary child

Free school meals funding has failed to keep up with the rising cost of food meaning schools are forced to make up the difference from teaching budgets, it has been warned

A former minister will use a Westminster Hall hearing on Tuesday to air concerns about the cost to schools, as the Mirror ramps up our Free School Meals For All campaign

Tesco chairman John Allan urged ministers to give free school meals to all children in households receiving Universal Credit to fire up the economy and improve children's life chances

Tesco chairman John Allan warned that Tory ministers are failing hundreds of thousands of kids from less well off families who are being deprived of free dinners by strict eligibility rules

Around 10million meals will be given to low income families thanks to a £3.5million emergency funding package to help people with the worsening cost of living crisis

Seven in ten children from families on Universal Credit are not eligible for free school meals because they earn more than £7,400 a year after tax, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned

Westminster City Council will extend its provision of free school meals to thousands of children in nursery and secondary schools in an unprecedented move to help familes

The Greater Manchester Metro Mayor piled pressure on Labour leader Keir Starmer to back the Mirror's calls to extend free school meals to all primary school pupils in England

Primary school children across London will be given free school meals from September - but what do you think? Vote in our poll to have your say.

The soap star qualified for free school dinners as a child but she said her single mum often worked three jobs so she and her sister could be spared the stigma that left her classmates 'humiliated'

Top chef Tom Kerridge called on the Tories to extend free school meals to all children whose households receive Universal Credit - and called for a long term overhaul of the system so every child gets a nutritious lunch

A poll for the Food Foundation found that 80% of people in England back calls for free school dinners for all children living in households that receive Universal Credit

Henry Dimbleby, who authored the National Food Strategy for Boris Johnson, said the game-changing decision by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to offer free school meals to all primary pupils in the capital would prove the benefit of the scheme

The Mayor of London’s £130million emergency scheme is expected to save families an estimated £440 a year - as many face financial struggles amid the cost-of-living crisis

The Labour politician revealed youngsters across the city will enjoy the 'lifeline' from September, with 270,000 children benefiting - saving families an estimated £440 a year

In an article for the Mirror, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan revealed that all primary school children in the capital are to get free school meals from September saving struggling families hundreds of pounds