The mayor of London Sadiq Khan has extended funding for universal primary free school meals into the next academic year.
While schools will receive 35p extra per meal next year, taking the total to £3 a meal, campaigners have warned provision for the next two terms remains under-funded by the scheme.
Last February, Labour mayor Khan announced he would spend £130 million providing free school meals to junior pupils in the 2023-24 academic year. Infants already receive free meals under a central government scheme.
A further £5 million was also allocated to help with “extraordinary costs associated with implementation”.
