Cross-party MPs call on Jeremy Hunt to extend free school meals to all primary pupils in UK

Campaign coordinated by Labour MP, Zarah Sultana, calls for every child to have access to a daily hot meal

The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has been urged to use his spring budget to extend free school meals for all primary pupils to tackle “the child poverty endemic”.

The Scottish government has committed to providing free school meals for all primary schoolchildren, while in Wales the rollout of universal primary free school meals began in September.