Lords Call On Government To Re-Think Free School Meals Cuts

Ministers are being urged to re-think plans to cut free school meals in England after a defeat in the House of Lords. Peers backed a motion tabled by Labour’s Steve Bassam on Tuesday evening, which calls on the government to delay implementing changes to its free school meals policy until a full impact assessment is carried out. Charities and other campaigners claim that the welfare reforms tied to universal credit would see up to a million children denied eligibility for free lu