Minister says English councils have already been given ‘a huge amount of extra investment’
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Matt Hancock has insisted that the government does not need to extend free school meals beyond term times in England because local councils have been funded to support disadvantaged children instead.
The UK health secretary took a notably more conciliatory tone in media interviews on Monday, following a weekend of critical headlines for the government over the issue, and growing unrest among backbench Conservative MPs.
