Publication type
Report
Series
IFS Observations
Author
Publication date
October 28, 2020
Summary:
The last few days have seen free school meals in England rocket to the front of the papers, as many MPs, campaign groups and businesses have lined up behind Marcus Rashford’s proposals to extend free school meal vouchers through the school holidays until Easter next year. While the motion was defeated last week, the Labour party has promised to bring the motion again – and several Conservative MPs have already indicated that it may receive a more sympathetic hearing the second time around.
In this observation, we discuss the costs of the proposal as well as some of the potential benefits it could have.
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Link
https://ifs.org.uk/publications/15148
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Online publication
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