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Government U-turn over free school meals
The government has backed down over plans to scrap free school meals over the summer holidays.
A spokesman for the Prime Minister has confirmed that a £120m "Covid summer food fund" will be set up to help feed children over the holidays after widely backed calls from England and Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford.
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