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John___Matrix t1_j9abd1t wrote

Reply to comment by fluk3 in London to offer free school meals to all primary pupils for a year by Caratteraccio

I'm choosing to take this as a good play from Kahn to get it in place as a "small" thing for a year but knowing that it'll be harder to take away in a year's time at which point who knows - perhaps it will be rolled out further.

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TheNecroFrog t1_j9al4j3 wrote

I’m hoping this is a chance to demonstrate that this can kind of program can be a net gain, even from a financial perspective.

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ArcticCircleSystem t1_j9imj80 wrote

I'm pretty sure the US's child tax credit program thing had net gains inreducing child poverty, but that got stripped away, so I worry that won't be enough... ~Cherri

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