Majority of parents want all primary school pupils in England to get free meals
by Eleanor Busby
Feb 20, 2024
3 minutes
The majority of parents and carers want the Government to extend free school meals to all children in primary state schools in England, a survey has found.
Only a quarter (26%) of parents and carers in England said they have not had to cut back on family expenses since the start of the school year, according to a poll commissioned by the National Education Union (NEU).
Among those parents and carers who reported having to make cutbacks, or who said they were struggling financially, more than half (52%) said they had cut back on
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