"I am delighted that milk subsidies will continue," she said. "This willcomplement our work to effect no less than a transformation in thehealth content of school meals and undo decades of neglect."
Ministers had been urged to reconsider the annual 1.5m subsidyafter a report for the Government by London Economics said that it"creates high administrative costs and has apparently small benefits forchild health" (Children Now, 11-17 January).
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