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Free school meals expansion 'down payment' on child poverty plan, says PM

Free school meals expansion 'down payment' on child poverty plan, says PM

The expansion of free school meals is a "down payment" on the plan to lift children out of poverty, Sir Keir Starmer has said, as he did not rule out scrapping the two-child benefit cap.

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