PORTLAND, Ore. — As the school year comes to an end, families in the Portland-Vancouver metro area may be looking for ways to receive free meals during the summer.

However, critics argue the term 'free' is misleading, as the cost is ultimately covered by taxpayers. Since 2018, children have been eligible for free school meals only if their household income ...

You can use our digital map to see the number of kids who live in UC households by constituency, as an estimate for how many kids will be eligible for free school meals across the country.

Sir Keir Starmer’s government have said that the alternations to the qualifications for free school meals will save eligible families £500 a year and lift 100,000 children out of poverty ...

Almost 50,000 children will become eligible for free school meals in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough from next year after an expansion of eligibility rules. You can use our map to see how many ...

Public health nurses have long been calling for universal free school meals for primary school children, airing concerns about the effects of poor nutrition on health. A spokesperson for the School ...

A headteacher has welcomed government plans to extend the free school meals scheme to include more children. From September 2026 all children in families receiving Universal Credit credit will be ...

Coventry MP Taiwo Owatemi believes changes to free school meals will have a "transformative" impact on city families, saying she has constituents who "skip meals so their children can eat". From ...

Any child in England whose parents receive Universal Credit will be able to claim free school meals from September 2026, the government has said. Parents on the credit will be eligible regardless ...

Keir Starmer has unveiled plans to extend free lunches to all kids in families who get Universal Credit in England - check how many kids could be eligible in your area ...

As of January this year, the eligibility rate for free school meals was 25.7% of all students, which translates to 2.17 million children, an increase from 24.6%, or 2.09 million, in January 2024 ...