Majority of parents want all primary school pupils in England to get free meals

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 the food shop since