Child poverty campaigners have accused the city's Liberal Democratadministration, which gained control of the council in last month'slocal elections, of striking a "huge blow" against children. But CarlMinns told Children Now that ending the policy would actually lead tohealthier school dinners.
He said the policy was subsidising the rich and leaving the council withless money to spend on ingredients. "The policy is not around healthymeals," he said. "It is about giving every child, no matter what theirbackground, a free meal. So a child whose parents live in a leafy partof Hull in a nice half-a-million-pound house will be getting a free mealjust like a child from a council estate whose mother is on 38.50a week benefit.
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