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THE government has admitted that its plan for breakfast clubs to provide meals costing 1p per child will not be funded by new money.
The admission was made in an answer to a written parliamentary question tabled by shadow education secretary Angela Rayner yesterday after Education Secretary Damian Hinds unveiled the policy on March 19.
Mr Hinds trumpeted the £26 million “funding boost” for breakfast clubs, but he neglected to mention that the funding had already been announced last October.
As the Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women begins in Beijing, it’s clear that China has fulfilled its commitments set 30 years ago and delivered amazing progress in women's education and equality, writes YU BOKUN
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people