Lib Dems would extend free school meals to all primary schoolchildren, says Ed Davey
by Eleni Courea Political correspondent from on (#6N6FK)
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The Liberal Democrats would extend free school meals to all primary schoolchildren, starting with those in poverty, Ed Davey has said in a challenge to Labour to match the pledge.
Speaking in his first newspaper interview of the general election campaign, the Lib Dem leader announced a manifesto policy aimed at the nearly 1 million more children living in poverty in England and their families.
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