Parliament’s spending watchdog finds department failed to renegotiate terms to reduce costs

The Department for Education (DfE) was “surprisingly unconcerned” with suspected large profits made by a private contractor at the centre of a free school meals fiasco and failed to reduce the costs, parliament’s spending watchdog has concluded.

Related: Firm in ‘unacceptable’ school meals row to pay for half-term provision

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