The move will save families up to £1,000 per child over the two-year period, according to analysis by City Hall.
The Mayor of London is being praised for rolling out free school meals for another year for primary school pupils across the city, as families grapple with the cost of living crisis with millions more pushed into poverty under Tory austerity and soaring bills.
Sadiq Khan put forward plans worth £140 million to extend universal provision of hot meals for the 2024/25 school year, after piloting the approach in state-funded primaries across the Capital from September.
The move will save families up to £1,000 per child over the two-year period, according to analysis by City Hall.
The Mayor of London said that he was ‘thrilled to extend this lifeline for another year’.
Research from the Child Poverty Action Group, shows that nationally, around 800,000 children who are living in poverty are currently missing out on free school meals, due to restrictions on eligibility.
Khan’s scheme provides lunches for every other London pupil not already covered under government funding.
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