Government announces 500 more school breakfast clubs

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The government has announced the rollout of 500 more free school breakfast clubs in deprived areas - a move they say could save parents up to £450 a year. Josh MacAlister, Minister for Children and Families, says school breakfast clubs are just one of the measures the government can take to alleviate child poverty. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00There's lots of different things we can do to alleviate child poverty. Breakfast clubs is a good example.

00:04We also made the decision a few months ago to massively expand eligibility for free school meals.

00:11That, when it comes into effect next year, is going to lift 100,000 children out of poverty.

00:18So we obviously want to do more on this. It's really important.

00:22And in my area of work, which is children's social care, high rates of child poverty mean that we actually spend more money on public services

00:29to make up for that. So myself, my boss, Bridget Philipson, and the whole government are totally committed

00:35to bringing down child poverty as quickly as we can.

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