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Free school meal plan for Scots primary pupils delayed despite SNP election pledge

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Free school meals will not be made available to all primary pupils next year despite a high-profile pledge by the Scottish Government.

Deputy First Minister John Swinney promised in November 2020 the SNP would make the policy universal to all pupils by August 2022 if his party retained power at May's election.

But an official Budget document published last night revealed funding has only been made available to extend the free school meals programme to pupils in P4 and P5.

Pupils in P6 and P7 will have to wait until "later in the parliamentary term". Finance secretary Kate Forbes yesterday unveiled her government's spending plans for the year ahead in a speech to MSPs - but there was no mention of the delay to the flagship free school meals

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