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Nicola Sturgeon to announce free school breakfast and lunch plan for every primary kid in Scotland

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Anas Sarwar said all pupils, primary and secondary, should benefit from free meals during the summer holidays through catch-up clubs in a bid to tackle holiday hunger.

She is expected to say: "The Covid-19 pandemic has been tough for everyone - that's why so much of our focus in government has been to help families get by in tough times. "All children in primaries 1 to 3 already benefit from access to free school meals, saving families around £400 per child per year."But if re-elected, we will go much further.

An SNP government will provide free school breakfasts and lunches to every primary school pupil in Scotland, all year round, and for all children in state-funded special schools in Scotland.

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