All pupils in England whose families claim universal credit will be eligible for free school meals under an expansion plan announced by the government on Wednesday.
Hundreds of thousands more children across the country will be able to access means-tested free school meals when the provision is extended from September 2026, the Department for Education (DfE) has said. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said the announcement "is a game changer for families - half a million children will benefit".
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Hundreds of thousands more children across the country will be able to access means-tested free school meals when the provision is extended from September 2026, the Department for Education (DfE) has said. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said the announcement "is a game changer for families - half a million children will benefit".
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00:00Today's announcement around expanding free school meals to all families on universal credit will
00:04make a massive difference it is a game changer for families half a million children that will
00:09benefit and a hundred thousand children lifted out of poverty it costs a billion pounds over the
00:14course of the spending review period and we'll set out all of the detail around that next week at
00:18the spending review