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Campaigning councillor fears free school meal rollout could be "significantly" delayed in Renfrewshire

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A campaigning councillor said she fears there could be a "significant" delay to the rollout of universal free school meals in Renfrewshire primary schools.Alison Dowling, who represents Houston, Crosslee and Linwood, is urging the Scottish Government to give complimentary dinners to all children including those at secondary school but now has concerns P6 and P7 pupils could still be waiting a while yet.Deputy First Minister John Swinney promised in November last year that by August 2022, free school meals would be made available to all primary pupils.But an official budget document published last week revealed funding has only been made available to extend the programme to P4 and P5, while those in P6 and P7 will now have to wait until

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